Glebe Gold
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by James Walker, Ham, Surrey. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1945. Fruits have soft, creamy white flesh with a sweet flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Yellow Ingestrie x Cellini
Size
small b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Flat globose b
Height
35.50 mm b
Width
42.00 mm b
Ribbing
absent b
Ground Colour
Yellow b
Over Colour
Brown b
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked b
Greasiness
Medium b
Firmness
soft b
Flesh Colour
Cream b
Accession name
Glebe Gold
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late August a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register