Montfort

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in about 1928 at Woodford Green, Essex. Fruits have firm, crisp, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project

Size
medium 2

Type
Dessert 2

Shape
Broad globose conical 2

Height
57.00 mm 2

Width
69.00 mm 2

Ribbing
weak 2

Ground Colour
Green yellow 2

Over Colour
Brown 2

Firmness
firm 2

Crunch
crisp 2

Flesh Colour
Greenish 2

Accession No.
1947 - 480   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Montfort

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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