Ben's Red
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Benjamin Roberts at Trannack, Cornwall, England in about 1830. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1899. Fruits have firm, dry, somewhat coarse textured flesh with a sweet, pleasant flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
Parentage:
Devonshire Quarrenden x Farleigh Pippin
Size
medium-large 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Flat 2
Height
52.50 mm 2
Width
72.50 mm 2
Ribbing
weak 2
Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high 2
Over Colour
Dark red 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Russet
very low 2
Firmness
firm 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
Yellowish 2
Accession name
Ben's Red
Flowering time
1st May 10% flowering
6th May Full (80%) flowering
13th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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