Cornish Honeypin

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received 1955. From Cornwall, England.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
flat to intermediate, rectangular, convex ^b

Fruit Height
44-55 mm ^b

Fruit Width
54-63 mm ^b

Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye and on body ^b

Ground Colour
deep yellow ^b

Over Colour
a few pink streaks ^b

Russet Type
russet dots ^b

Flesh Colour
creamy white, tinged yellow ^b

Flesh Texture
soft, fine ^b

Flavour
sweet ^b

Accession No.
1955 - 078   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1955 from Cornwall. Fruits have soft, fine flesh with a sweet flavour.

Accession name
Cornish Honeypin

Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early September ^a

Size
small-medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Broad globose conical ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
weak-medium ^a

Ground Colour
Yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
absent ^a

Over Colour
n/a ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
n/a ^a

Russet
low ^a

Firmness
soft ^a

Coarseness
coarse ^a

Flesh Colour
Cream ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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