Brown Thorn
Cider apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Once widely grown under the name of
- Synonyms:
- Argile Grise
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
- Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
Accession No.
1989 - 069
- Accession name
- Brown Thorn
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
9th MayFull (80%) flowering 19th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Mid November 1
- Size
- small 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Height
- 33.76 mm 1
- Width
- 37.55 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak-medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
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