Oxford Beauty

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised at Eynsham, Oxford by F.W. Wastie. Recorded in 1944. Fruits have fine, crisp, tender flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Gascoyne's Scarlet x Scarlet Nonpareil

Size
large 2

Type
Dessert 2

Shape
Flat globose 2

Height
63.00 mm 2

Width
75.00 mm 2

Ribbing
weak 2

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 2

Over Colour
Red 2

Russet
very low 2

Crunch
crisp 2

Coarseness
fine 2

Accession No.
1954 - 073   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Oxford Beauty

Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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