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Shamrock

Apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1970 by K. Lapins, at the Canadian Department Agricultural Research Station, Summerland, British Columbia, Canada. Introduced in 1986. Fruits have soft, sweet flesh.

Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.

Accession No.
1999 - 031

  

Accession name
Shamrock
Flowering time  ›››
23rd April10% flowering
25th AprilFull (80%) flowering
4th May90% petal fall
Picking time
late september 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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