Webster
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1912 by R. Wellington at New York State Agricultural Experiment Station, Geneva, USA. Introduced in 1938. Fruits have soft, coarse, greenish white flesh with a slightly acid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Ben Davies X Jonathan x Ben Davies X Jonathan
Accession name
Webster
Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
7th May Full (80%) flowering
14th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October 1
Size
large-very large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Globose conical 1
Height
79.98 mm 1
Width
94.72 mm 1
Ribbing
weak 1
Crown
very weak 1
Ground Colour
Green yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high 1
Over Colour
Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush 1
Russet
very low 1
Greasiness
Medium 1
Firmness
soft 1
Coarseness
coarse 1
Flesh Colour
Greenish 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register