Meridian

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised at East Malling Research Station, Maidstone, Kent by Dr Frank Alston. Introduced in 1999. Fruits have a Cox-like flavour.

Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.

Parentage:
Falstaff x Cox's Orange Pippin

Accession No.
2000 - 003   fingerprint   cancel

Accession name
Meridian

Size
medium-large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Ribbing
absent 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush 1

Russet
low 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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