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Aldenham Blenheim
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Triploid. Believed to be a coloured sport of Blenheim Orange. It was discovered before 1929 at Aldenham House, Hertfordshire by Edwin Beckett. Fruits have creamy white, somewhat coarse-textured, rather dry flesh with a rich, characteristic aromatic flavour. Cooks well.
- Synonyms:
- Aldenheim Blenheim
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
- Parentage:
- Sport of Blenheim Orange
Accession No.
1929 - 032
- Accession name
- Aldenham Blenheim
- Flowering time ›››
- 4th May10% flowering
10th MayFull (80%) flowering
17th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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