Hope Cottage Seedling
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1900 by Mrs Oakey at Hope Cottage, Rochford, Tenbury Wells, Worcestershire. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
Parentage:
King of the Pippins x Unknown
Size
medium b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Flat b
Height
50.00 mm b
Width
61.00 mm b
Ribbing
medium b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour (Amount)
low b
Over Colour
Orange b
Russet
very low b
Greasiness
Medium b
Firmness
firm b
Coarseness
fine b
Flesh Colour
Cream b
Accession name
Hope Cottage Seedling
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early September a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register