Sergeant Peggy

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1922 by F.W. Wastie at Eynsham, Oxford, England. Fruits have firm, creamy white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Blenheim Orange x Gloria Mundi

Accession No.
1960 - 044   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Sergeant Peggy

Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
14th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

Size
large-very large 1

Type
Culinary 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Height
71.09 mm 1

Width
81.29 mm 1

Ribbing
medium 1

Crown
weak-medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/washed out 1

Russet
low 1

Greasiness
Weak 1

Firmness
firm 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register