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Thoday's Quarrenden
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Found in 1949 by R.E.Thoday at Reedground Farm, Willingham, Cambridge. Fruits have tender, creamy white flesh with a subacid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
- Parentage:
- Devonshire Quarrenden x Unknown
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 55.00mm 2
- Width
- 63.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Green 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Medium 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1962 - 002
- Accession name
- Thoday's Quarrenden
- Flowering time ›››
- 3rd May10% flowering
8th MayFull (80%) flowering
16th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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