Box Apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1955 - 077   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1955 from Cornwall, England. Fruits have soft, greenish white flesh with a sweet to subacid flavour.

Accession name
Box Apple

Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late August 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Flat 1

Height
52.56 mm 1

Width
67.28 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish green 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1

Russet
low 1

Greasiness
Strong 1

Firmness
soft 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register