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Summer Blenheim
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Flat globose 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 51.00mm 2
- Width
- 64.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- very low 2
Accession No.
1949 - 077
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1949 from Wisley, Surrey. Fruits have firm to a little soft flesh with a sweet, rich flavour.
- Accession name
- Summer Blenheim
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
21st May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid September 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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