Tillington Court
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
Accession No.
1988 - 054
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1988 from old trees growing in Burghill village, Herefordshire. Fruits have yellow, juicy flesh with an acid flavour.
- Accession name
- Tillington Court
- Flowering time ›››
- 30th April10% flowering
2nd MayFull (80%) flowering 10th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Late September 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Globose 1
- Height
- 60.52 mm 1
- Width
- 70.85 mm 1
- Ribbing
- strong 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Green 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/solid flush 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 1

- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
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