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Taunton Cross
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1919 at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol. Fruits have firm, crisp, somewhat coarse, white flesh with a moderately sweet, slightly acid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Wealthy x Unknown
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 48.00mm 2
- Width
- 64.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- absent 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- medium-coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1929 - 034
- Accession name
- Taunton Cross
- Flowering time ›››
- 10th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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