Newport Cross

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1920 at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol by G.T. Spinks. Fruits have firm, rather coarse, dry flesh with an insipid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Devonshire Quarrenden x Cox's Orange Pippin

Size
medium 2

Type
Dessert 2

Shape
Flat 2

Height
51.00 mm 2

Width
66.00 mm 2

Ground Colour
Green yellow 2

Over Colour
Brown 2

Russet
very low 2

Firmness
firm 2

Coarseness
coarse 2

Juiciness
dry 2

Flesh Colour
White 2

Accession No.
1957 - 236   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Newport Cross

Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
7th May Full (80%) flowering
14th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early September 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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