Wealthy
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Peter M. Gideon at Excelsior, Minnesota, USA from Cherry Crab open-pollinated. First recorded in 1860. Received an Award of Merit from Royal Horticultural Society in 1893. Fruits have rather soft, coarse-textured, juicy, sweet flesh with a faint vinous flavour.
Synonyms:
Lelsy, Plodovodnoe, Uelsi
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
Parentage:
Cherry Crab x Unknown
Mother to:
Taunton Cross
Epicure
Minjon
Father to:
Fortune
Macy
Beacon
Worcester Cross
Red Sauce
Siugisdesert
Sports:
Stevenson Wealthy
Loop Wealthy
Case Wealthy
Fruit Size
medium to large b
Fruit Shape
intermediate to flat, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex b
Fruit Height
57-64 mm b
Fruit Width
64-76 mm b
Ribbing
slightly ribbed b
Ground Colour
pale yellow b
Over Colour
carmine stripes, sometimes carmine flush b
Flesh Colour
greenish white, tinged pink near skin b
Skin Texture
slightly greasy, thick, tough b
Flesh Texture
rather soft, coarse b
Flavour
sweet, subacid b
Accession name
Wealthy
Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September a
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Broad globose conical a
Ribbing
weak a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush a
Greasiness
Medium a
Firmness
soft a
Coarseness
coarse a
Flesh Colour
White a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register