Rosy Blenheim
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by F.W. Thorrington, Hornchurch, Essex. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1925. Fruits have soft, coarse, whitish flesh with a subacid, perfumed flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Unknown
Size
medium-large b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Flat b
Height
58.00 mm b
Width
73.50 mm b
Ribbing
weak b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour
Orange b
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked b
Russet
low-medium b
Greasiness
Medium b
Firmness
soft b
Coarseness
coarse b
Flesh Colour
White b
Accession name
Rosy Blenheim
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
20th 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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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