Spencer Seedless

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1970 - 070   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1970 from Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol. Fruits have very poor flavour. Fruits rarely set any seed.

Accession name
Spencer Seedless

Flowering time
17th May 10% flowering
23rd May Full (80%) flowering
31st May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October ¹

Size
large-very large ¹

Type
Dessert ¹

Shape
Flat globose ¹

Ribbing
weak-medium ¹

Crown
weak ¹

Ground Colour
Whitish green ¹

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium ¹

Over Colour
Red ¹

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/solid flush ¹

Russet
low ¹

Juiciness
dry-medium ¹

Flesh Colour
Cream ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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