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Woodford
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in Essex, England. Known in about 1900. Fruits have coarse, soft, pale cream flesh with a subacid, slightly sweet and slightly perfumed flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Accession No.
1977 - 204
- Accession name
- Woodford
- Flowering time ›››
- 10th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early September 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak-medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/solid flush 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Coarseness
- coarse 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 1
Accession No.
1950 - 289
- Accession name
- Unknown
- Flowering time ›››
- 9th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
22nd May90% petal fall - Picking time
- early september 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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