George Carpenter
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1902 by George Carpenter at West Hall Gardens, Byfleet, Surrey. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy, sweet flesh with a good aromatic flavour somewhat like Blenheim Orange.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Blenheim Orange x King of the Pippins
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Broad globose conical 2
Height
64.00 mm 2
Width
70.00 mm 2
Ribbing
weak 2
Ground Colour
Yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
high 2
Over Colour
Red 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Russet
very low 2
Firmness
firm 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
Yellowish 2
Accession name
George Carpenter
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register