Bossom
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
large 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Conical 2
Ground Colour
Yellow 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Received by the National Fruit Collection in 1991 from Rev. D. Johnson, Petworth, Sussex. Fruits have creamy yellow flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.
Accession name
Bossom (Johnson)
Flowering time
27th April 10% flowering
30th April Full (80%) flowering
9th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September 1
Size
large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Globose conical 1
Height
67.03 mm 1
Width
75.78 mm 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
weak 1
Ground Colour
Green yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
solid flush 1
Russet
low-medium 1
Crunch
crisp 1
Coarseness
fine 1
Flesh Colour
White 1
Accession name
Bossom (Loxwood)
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register