Fortune
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1904 by Laxton Brothers Ltd. at Bedford, England and introduced in 1931. It received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1948. Fruits have fairly firm, rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and good aromatic flavour.
Synonyms:
Laxton's Fortune
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Wealthy
Sports:
Fisher Fortune
Red Fortune
Size
medium b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Truncate conical b
Height
60.00 mm b
Width
67.00 mm b
Ribbing
weak b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour
Red b
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked b
Russet
very low b
Firmness
firm b
Flesh Colour
Cream b
Accession name
Fortune (LA 64A)
Flowering time tree 1
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall
Picking time tree 1
Early September a
Size tree 2
medium a
Type tree 2
Dessert a
Shape tree 2
Globose conical a
Crown tree 2
medium a
Ground Colour tree 2
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour tree 2
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern) tree 2
striped/solid flush a
Russet tree 2
low a
Firmness tree 2
firm a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register