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Steyne Seedling
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in about 1893 at Steyne, Isle of Wight, home of Sir John Thornycroft. Received the Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1912. Fruits have soft, tender, juicy flesh with a subacid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Steyne's Seedling
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 54.00mm 2
- Width
- 73.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
Accession No.
1933 - 005
- Accession name
- Steyne Seedling
- Flowering time ›››
- 4th May10% flowering
9th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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