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Cottenham Seedling
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Culinary
Measured Phenotype
- Fruit height
- 67.0 mm
- Fruit width
- 74.5 mm
source: NFC
source: NFC
Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.
Cottenham Seedling is a cooking apple developed before 1923 in Cambridgeshire, England, with a Dumelow parent. It features firm, juicy white flesh with an acidic flavor and is best harvested in late September to early October for storage and use through March.
Flavor & Texture
acidicfirmjuicy
Best Uses
cooking
Lineage
Parents
Offspring
Origin & History
- Origin type
- chance seedling
- Known by
- ≥ 1923
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 1300
- Wikidata
- Q41776130