Sweet Delicious
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1911 at New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, USA by R. Wellington. Fruits have firm, fine, creamy white flesh with a sweet, aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Deacon Jones x Delicious
Accession name
Sweet Delicious
Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October 1
Size
large-very large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Truncate conical 1
Height
70.82 mm 1
Width
83.03 mm 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
strong 1
Ground Colour
Yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1
Over Colour
Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1
Russet
low-medium 1
Greasiness
Weak 1
Firmness
firm 1
Coarseness
fine 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register