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Shoesmith
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by George Carpenter at Byfleet, Surrey, England. First exhibited in 1930. Fruits have very white, tinged green, soft, very juicy flesh with a subacid flavour. Cooks well.
- Synonyms:
- H. Shoesmith
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Lane's Prince Albert x Golden Noble
- Shape
- Ellipsoid 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 64.00mm 2
- Width
- 57.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- low 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
1957 - 270
- Accession name
- Shoesmith
- Flowering time ›››
- 9th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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