Red Blenheim (Wastie)
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Triploid. A more highly coloured clone of Blenheim Orange. Fruits have creamy white, somewhat coarse-textured, rather dry flesh with a rich, characteristic aromatic flavour. Cooks well.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Blenheim Orange
Accession name
Red Blenheim (Wastie)
Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September 1
Size
large-very large 1
Type
Culinary / Dessert 1
Shape
Flat globose 1
Ribbing
very weak 1
Crown
very weak 1
Ground Colour
Green yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1
Russet
low 1
Firmness
soft 1
Crunch
crisp 1
Flesh Colour
White 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register