Wellington Bloomless
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1966 - 039
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1966 from USA. A rather unique variety in that its flowers have no petals. Fruits have a sweet and pleasant flavour.
- Accession name
- Wellington Bloomless
- Flowering time ›››
- 11th May10% flowering
16th MayFull (80%) flowering 23rd May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Early October 1
- Size
- large-very large 1
- Shape
- Conical 1
- Height
- 78.21 mm 1
- Width
- 84.93 mm 1
- Ribbing
- medium 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- very low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out/solid flush 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Coarseness
- fine 1
- Juiciness
- dry 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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