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Worcester Cross
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1920 at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol. Introduced in 1932. Fruits have firm, moderately crisp flesh with a moderately sweet flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Cox's Orange Pippin x Wealthy
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 51.00mm 2
- Width
- 67.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- very weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Crunch
- medium 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1934 - 004
- Accession name
- Worcester Cross
- Flowering time ›››
- 3rd May10% flowering
8th MayFull (80%) flowering
15th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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