Wrixparent
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to be a sport of Yellow Transparent. Discovered in 1920 in Magnolia, Kent County, Delaware, U.S.A. by Wrixham McIlvaine. Introduced in 1940. Fruits have crisp, coarse, juicy flesh.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
White Transparent x Unknown
Accession name
Wrixparent
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early August 1
Size
large 1
Type
Culinary / Dessert 1
Shape
Flat globose 1
Ribbing
medium 1
Crown
weak-medium 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/washed out 1
Russet
very low 1
Coarseness
coarse 1
Juiciness
dry 1
Flesh Colour
White 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register