Folkestone
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Tydeman's Early Worcester x Unknown
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1964 from Chandler & Dunn, Ash, Kent. Fruits have crisp, tender flesh which is sometimes tinged red under the skin. It has a sweet and slightly subacid flavour.
Accession name
Folkestone
Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
23rd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late August 1
Size
small-medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Broad globose conical 1
Ribbing
weak 1
Crown
weak 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
high 1
Over Colour
Dark Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/solid flush 1
Russet
low 1
Greasiness
Medium 1
Crunch
crisp 1
Juiciness
dry 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register