I.B. Reid
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Said to have originated at Hutton near Lancaster, England. It was described in 1851. Fruits have firm, crisp, white flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
I.B.Reid
Flowering time
13th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
23rd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
Type
Culinary / Dessert 1
Shape
Broad globose conical 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
medium-strong 1
Ground Colour
Green yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1
Over Colour
n/a 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
n/a 1
Russet
very low 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register