Red Blenheim (Wastie)
Culinary / Dessert apple
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Triploid. A more highly coloured clone of Blenheim Orange. Fruits have creamy white, somewhat coarse-textured, rather dry flesh with a rich, characteristic aromatic flavour. Cooks well.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of Blenheim Orange
Accession name
Red Blenheim (Wastie)
Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September a
Size
large-very large a
Type
Culinary / Dessert a
Shape
Flat globose a
Ribbing
very weak a
Crown
very weak a
Ground Colour
Green yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
low a
Firmness
soft a
Crunch
crisp a
Flesh Colour
White a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register