Bascombe Mystery

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Dessert. First recorded in 1831. Fruits have firm, fine, greenish white flesh with a sweet to subacid flavour.

Synonyms:
Bascomb Mystery, Bascombe's Mystery

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)

Size
medium-large 2

Type
Dessert 2

Shape
Broad globose conical 2

Height
61.50 mm 2

Width
73.00 mm 2

Ribbing
medium 2

Ground Colour
Green yellow 2

Over Colour (Amount)
low 2

Over Colour
Orange 2

Firmness
firm 2

Coarseness
fine 2

Flesh Colour
Greenish 2

Accession No.
1935 - 006   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Bascombe Mystery

Flowering time
12th May 10% flowering
17th May Full (80%) flowering
24th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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