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 ^a

Size
large-very large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Flat ^a

Height
62.09 mm ^a

Width
89.83 mm ^a

Ribbing
weak ^a

Crown
absent ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish green ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush ^a

Russet
low ^a

Flesh Colour
Cream ^a

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References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.