Sidney Strake
Culinary apple
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A less highly coloured sport of Tom Putt. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1954 from Cornwall. Fruits have firm, fine, whitish flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
Parentage:
Sport of Tom Putt
Fruit Size
medium b
Fruit Shape
flat, rectangular, convex b
Fruit Height
45-58 mm b
Fruit Width
59-67 mm b
Ribbing
ribbed at apex, very prominent ribs on body b
Ground Colour
greenish yellow b
Over Colour
striped orange-brown and a little red, brown in grooves b
Flesh Colour
whitish b
Skin Texture
greasy b
Flesh Texture
firm, fine b
Flavour
subacid b
Accession name
Sidney Strake
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early September a
Size
medium a
Type
Culinary a
Shape
Globose conical a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
medium a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
absent a
Greasiness
Strong a
Firmness
firm a
Coarseness
fine a
Juiciness
juicy a
Flesh Colour
White a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register