Florence Bennett
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Mrs Florence Bennett, Crosby Green, West Derby, Liverpool as a result of some apple cores being thrown on a garden rubbish heap. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1971. Fruits have fairly firm, juicy flesh with a sweet and lemon flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Bramley's Seedling x Unknown
Accession name
Florence Bennett
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early September a
Size
large a
Type
Culinary / Dessert a
Shape
Globose conical a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
weak-medium a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
absent a
Over Colour
n/a a
Over Colour (Pattern)
n/a a
Russet
low a
Crunch
crisp a
Coarseness
coarse a
Flesh Colour
White a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.