Colonel Vaughan
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in Kent. It was known in the late 1600s. Fruits have firm, white, sometimes stained red flesh with a sweet to subacid flavour.
Synonyms:
Amasa, Colonel Vaughan's, Colonel Vaughn's, Kentish Pippin, Pepping, Red Coachman, Red Kentish Pippin, Roter Kentische Peppin, Roter Kentischer Pepping, Scarlet Incomparable, Vaughan's Pippin, Vaughn's Pippin, Vaun's Pippin
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Ellipsoid 2
Height
60.00 mm 2
Width
55.00 mm 2
Ribbing
weak-medium 2
Ground Colour
Yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Firmness
firm 2
Flesh Colour
White 2
Accession name
Colonel Vaughan
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register