Bascombe Mystery

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Dessert. First recorded in 1831. Fruits have firm, fine, greenish white flesh with a sweet to subacid flavour.

Synonyms:
Bascomb Mystery, Bascombe's Mystery

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

Parentage:
Newtown Pippin x Unknown

Size
medium-large ^b

Type
Dessert ^b

Shape
Broad globose conical ^b

Height
61.50 mm ^b

Width
73.00 mm ^b

Ribbing
medium ^b

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^b

Over Colour (Amount)
low ^b

Over Colour
Orange ^b

Firmness
firm ^b

Coarseness
fine ^b

Flesh Colour
Greenish ^b

Accession No.
1935 - 006   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Bascombe Mystery

Flowering time
12th May 10% flowering
17th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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