Stowell Cox

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised at CSIRO, Stowell Avenue, Hobart, Tasmania. Fruits have white, fairly juicy flesh with a slightly acid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Democrat

Accession No.
1974 - 322   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Stowell Cox

Flowering time
12th May 10% flowering
17th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

Size
large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low-medium 1

Firmness
soft 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Flesh Colour
Yellowish 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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