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Alderman
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to have originated in Scotland before 1923. Fruits have firm flesh with an acid flavour. Cooks well.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Ffordd-fawr)
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 75.00mm 2
- Width
- 75.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1923 - 110
- Accession name
- Alderman
- Flowering time ›››
- 3rd May10% flowering
8th MayFull (80%) flowering
16th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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