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 ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Globose conical ^a

Ribbing
absent ^a

Crown
weak ^a

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush ^a

Russet
low ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.