Red Charles Ross
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 1
Size
medium 1
Type
Culinary / Dessert 1
Shape
Broad globose conical 1
Ribbing
very weak 1
Crown
absent 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high 1
Over Colour
Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1
Russet
low 1
Flesh Colour
White 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register