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Sir Prize
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1955 by Agricultural Experiment Station, Indiana, Illinois and New Jersey, USA. First fruited in 1961. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy. Resistant to scab.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Doud Golden Delicious x PRI 14-152
Accession No.
1974 - 180
- Accession name
- Sir Prize
- Flowering time ›››
- 13th May10% flowering
17th MayFull (80%) flowering
24th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Ellipsoid 1
- Height
- 86.87 mm 1
- Width
- 74.83 mm 1
- Ribbing
- strong 1
- Crown
- medium-strong 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- absent 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Strong 1
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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