Winter Majetin
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in Norfolk, England. Recorded in 1820. Fruits have crisp, rather coarse, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Majetin, Yorkshire Beefing
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Accession No.
2000 - 099
- Accession name
- Winter Majetin
- Flowering time ›››
- 12th May10% flowering
18th MayFull (80%) flowering 26th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Late October 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Height
- 58.08 mm 1
- Width
- 69.09 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- medium-strong 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out/solid flush 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Coarseness
- coarse 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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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