Sissons's Worksop Newtown

Dessert apple

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

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
flat, rectangular, convex ^b

Fruit Height
44-51 mm ^b

Fruit Width
53-58 mm ^b

Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye ^b

Ground Colour
yellowish green ^b

Over Colour
sometimes flushed faint orange ^b

Russet Type
russet base, white dots round eye ^b

Flesh Colour
greenish white ^b

Flesh Texture
soft, coarse ^b

Flavour
subacid to acid ^b

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 ^a

Size
medium-large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Flat globose ^a

Ribbing
weak ^a

Crown
weak-medium ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
very low ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out ^a

Russet
low ^a

Firmness
soft ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Coarseness
coarse ^a

Flesh Colour
Cream ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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