Channel Beauty
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by C.H. Evans, Swansea, Wales. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1922. Fruits have firm flesh with a subacid almost bitter flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Unknown
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Broad globose conical 2
Height
50.00 mm 2
Width
62.00 mm 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Russet
low 2
Greasiness
Medium 2
Firmness
firm 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
White 2
Accession name
Channel Beauty
Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
16th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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