Sweet Merlin
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1954 from Cornwall. Fruits have firm, tender, yellowish white flesh with a slightly sweet, slightly subacid flavour.
Accession name
Sweet Merlin
Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
Size
large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Flat 1
Height
58.24 mm 1
Width
74.02 mm 1
Ribbing
medium 1
Crown
medium-strong 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1
Over Colour
Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush 1
Russet
low 1
Greasiness
Strong 1
Firmness
firm 1
Crunch
crumbly 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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