September Beauty
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Laxton Bros. at Bedford, England. Recorded in 1885 in which year it received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits have coarse, loose, creamy white flesh with a fairly sweet 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
70.00 mm 2
Ribbing
medium 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour
Orange 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked 2
Russet
low 2
Greasiness
Medium 2
Coarseness
coarse 2
Flesh Colour
Cream 2
Accession name
September Beauty
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register