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Admiral
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at Upton, Norfolk by A.K. Watson in about 1921. Introduced by Watson in about 1937. Fruits have soft, coarse flesh with a sweet flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Togo of Upton
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
- Shape
- Flat globose 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 60.00mm 2
- Width
- 70.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- absent 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- low 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
1951 - 148
- Accession name
- Admiral
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
13th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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