Ben's Red

Apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised by Benjamin Roberts at Trannack, Cornwall, England in about 1830. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1899. Fruits have firm, dry, somewhat coarse textured flesh with a sweet, pleasant flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)

Parentage:
Devonshire Quarrenden x Farleigh Pippin

Accession No.
1957 - 208   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Ben's Red

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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