Beauty of Stoke
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at Rufford Abbey, Nottinghamshire by Mr Doe and introduced by Veitch. Recorded in 1889. It received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1890. Fruits have coarse, dry flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Mother to:
Corry's Wonder
Size
medium b
Type
Culinary b
Shape
Truncate conical b
Height
65.00 mm b
Width
70.00 mm b
Ribbing
weak b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour
Brown b
Coarseness
coarse b
Juiciness
dry b
Flesh Colour
Cream b
Accession name
Beauty of Stoke
Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
23rd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register