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West View Seedling
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Discovered in 1932 in Billericay, Essex, England by F.W. Rainbird. Fruits have firm, rather dry, greenish white flesh with an insipid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Westview Seedling
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
- Shape
- Conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 54.00mm 2
- Width
- 60.50mm 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked 2
- Juiciness
- dry 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
1943 - 003
- Accession name
- West View Seedling (M27)
- Flowering time ›››
- 11th May10% flowering
15th MayFull (80%) flowering
24th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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