Hunter Sandow

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

A tetraploid form of Sandow. Fruits have firm, rather coarse, tender flesh with a sweet to fairly acid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Sport of Sandow

Accession No.
1974 - 261   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Hunter Sandow

Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

Size
large-very large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Flat 1

Height
62.09 mm 1

Width
89.83 mm 1

Ribbing
weak 1

Crown
absent 1

Ground Colour
Whitish green 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush 1

Russet
low 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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