Sissons's Worksop Newtown

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in about 1910 by Mr Sissons, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. Fruits have soft, coarse, greenish white flesh with a subacid to acid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Newtown Pippin x Unknown

Accession No.
1955 - 143   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Sissons's Worksop Newtown

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

Size
medium-large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Flat globose 1

Ribbing
weak 1

Crown
weak-medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
soft 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Coarseness
coarse 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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