Red Charles Ross
Culinary / Dessert apple
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A more highly coloured clone of Charles Ross. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from H. Merifield, Staines, Middlesex, England. Fruits are rather coarse-textured, juicy and sweet with a moderate flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Charles Ross
Accession name
Red Charles Ross
Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September a
Size
medium a
Type
Culinary / Dessert a
Shape
Broad globose conical a
Ribbing
very weak a
Crown
absent a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
low a
Flesh Colour
White a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register