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Thomas Rivers
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Rivers of Sawbridgeworth, England and named Rivers' Codlin. Recorded in 1892 in which year it received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society. Introduced in 1894. Name changed to Thomas Rivers, the raiser of the apple, in 1897. Fruits have firm, crisp, creamy yellow flesh with an acid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- River's Codlin, Rivers' Codlin
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Ffordd-fawr)
- Parentage:
- Mother x Unknown
- Shape
- Conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 64.00mm 2
- Width
- 64.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1957 - 230
- Accession name
- Thomas Rivers
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
21st May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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