Fortune
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1904 by Laxton Brothers Ltd. at Bedford, England and introduced in 1931. It received a First Class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1948. Fruits have fairly firm, rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a sweet and good aromatic flavour.
Synonyms:
Laxton's Fortune
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Tredomen)
Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Wealthy
Sports:
Fisher Fortune
Red Fortune
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Truncate conical 2
Height
60.00 mm 2
Width
67.00 mm 2
Ribbing
weak 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked 2
Russet
very low 2
Firmness
firm 2
Flesh Colour
Cream 2
Accession name
Fortune (LA 64A)
Flowering time tree 1
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall
Picking time tree 1
Early September 1
Size tree 2
medium 1
Type tree 2
Dessert 1
Shape tree 2
Globose conical 1
Crown tree 2
medium 1
Ground Colour tree 2
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour tree 2
Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern) tree 2
striped/solid flush 1
Russet tree 2
low 1
Firmness tree 2
firm 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register