Jennifer Wastie
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by F.W. Wastie at Eynsham, Oxford. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1945. Fruits have firm, chewy flesh with a sweetish flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Ribston Pippin x Barnack Beauty
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Broad globose conical 2
Height
51.00 mm 2
Width
70.00 mm 2
Ribbing
weak 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Firmness
firm 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
White 2
Accession name
Jennifer Wastie
Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register