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Sheep's Nose (3)
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in the UK. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951. Fruits have hard, dry, yellowish white flesh with a subacid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1951 - 003
- Accession name
- Sheep's Nose
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
19th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid September 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Ribbing
- strong-very strong 1
- Crown
- strong 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Pink 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low-medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Juiciness
- dry 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019