Oxford Sunrise

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised at Eynsham, Oxford by F.W. Wastie. Exhibited in 1942. Fruits have firm, creamy white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Lane's Prince Albert

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
flat, truncate-conic, convex ^b

Fruit Height
41-50 mm ^b

Fruit Width
55-64 mm ^b

Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye, not or slightly on body ^b

Ground Colour
yellow green ^b

Over Colour
flushed orange, streaked red ^b

Flesh Colour
creamy white ^b

Flesh Texture
firm ^b

Flavour
subacid ^b

Accession No.
1945 - 060   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Oxford Sunrise

Flowering time
29th April 10% flowering
5th May Full (80%) flowering
12th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Broad globose conical ^a

Height
53.38 mm ^a

Width
68.99 mm ^a

Ribbing
absent ^a

Crown
absent ^a

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
very low ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped ^a

Russet
very low ^a

Crunch
crumbly ^a

Juiciness
juicy ^a

Flesh Colour
White ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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