Hope Cottage Seedling

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1900 by Mrs Oakey at Hope Cottage, Rochford, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)

Parentage:
King of the Pippins x Unknown

Size
medium 2

Type
Dessert 2

Shape
Flat 2

Height
50.00 mm 2

Width
61.00 mm 2

Ribbing
medium 2

Ground Colour
Green yellow 2

Over Colour (Amount)
low 2

Over Colour
Orange 2

Russet
very low 2

Greasiness
Medium 2

Firmness
firm 2

Coarseness
fine 2

Flesh Colour
Cream 2

Accession No.
1949 - 021   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Hope Cottage Seedling

Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early September 1

References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register