Stowell Cox

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised at CSIRO, Stowell Avenue, Hobart, Tasmania. Fruits have white, fairly juicy flesh with a slightly acid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Democrat

Accession No.
1974 - 322   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Stowell Cox

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

Picking time
Mid October ^a

Size
large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Broad globose conical ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
medium ^a

Ground Colour
Yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
low-medium ^a

Firmness
soft ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Flesh Colour
Yellowish ^a

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References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.