Benenden Early
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in about 1945 at Southampton by J.J. Gibbons, and introduced in 1952 by Stuart Low Ltd., Benenden, Kent. Fruits have coarse, soft flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Saint Edmund's Pippin x Lady Sudeley
Size
large 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Broad globose conical 2
Height
60.00 mm 2
Width
80.00 mm 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
high 2
Over Colour
Orange 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked 2
Firmness
soft 2
Coarseness
coarse 2
Flesh Colour
Yellowish 2
Accession name
Benenden Early
Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid August 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register