Channel Beauty
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by C.H. Evans, Swansea, Wales. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1922. Fruits have firm flesh with a subacid almost bitter flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Unknown
Size
medium b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Broad globose conical b
Height
50.00 mm b
Width
62.00 mm b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour
Red b
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped b
Russet
low b
Greasiness
Medium b
Firmness
firm b
Coarseness
fine b
Flesh Colour
White b
Accession name
Channel Beauty
Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register