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Washington Strawberry
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised on the farm of Job Whipple at Union Springs, Washington County, New York, USA. First exhibited in 1849. Fruits have rather soft, coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a little sweet and very little flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Fraise de Washington, Juniata, Washington, Washington County Seedling, Washington of Maine
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 67.00mm 2
- Width
- 73.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
2000 - 097
- Accession name
- Washington Strawberry
- Flowering time ›››
- 2nd May10% flowering
7th MayFull (80%) flowering
15th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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