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Smart's Prince Arthur
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Smart, near Sittingbourne, Kent. First described in 1883. Fruits have extremely firm, fine-textured, rather dry flesh with a fairly sweet, little acid and no distinctive flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Ladies' Finger, Lady's Finger, Lady's Finger of Kent, Smart's Prince Albert
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 95.00mm 2
- Width
- 82.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Medium 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1957 - 261
- Accession name
- Smart's Prince Arthur
- Flowering time ›››
- 10th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
21st 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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