Sweet-Tart
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A seedling of unknown parentage raised by Robert Gordon, Gordon Apple Trees, Whittier, California, USA. Fruits have soft, juicy flesh with a very sweet flavour.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
Accession name
Sweet-Tart
Flowering time
29th April 10% flowering
1st May Full (80%) flowering
10th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September 1
Size
large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Globose conical 1
Height
64.99 mm 1
Width
72.28 mm 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
medium-strong 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high 1
Over Colour
Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush 1
Russet
low 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register