Jupiter
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Triploid. Raised in 1966 at East Malling Research Station, Kent. It was introduced in 1981. Fruits are sweet and juicy with a good texture and Cox-like flavour.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Starking
Accession name
Jupiter
Flowering time
11th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October 1
Size
large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Globose conical 1
Height
70.93 mm 1
Width
79.09 mm 1
Ribbing
weak 1
Crown
medium 1
Ground Colour
Green yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 1
Russet
low 1
Firmness
soft 1
Coarseness
coarse 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register