D'Arcy Spice

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1785

Origin

Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Essex, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 57.0 mm
Fruit width: 64.0 mm

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

A medium-sized, ribbed dessert apple with green skin marked by dull red and russet on the sunny side. The flesh is firm, crisp, and juicy with a particularly rich and vinous flavor reminiscent of Ribston Pippin. First introduced in 1848, it comes into use in November and keeps until April or May.

Flavor & Texture

aromaticanisespicyfirmcrisp

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Reinette Franche

Origin & History

Status: unknown
Origin type: chance seedling
Original breeder: John Harris
First introduced: 1848

sugaryrichvinous

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 1429
Wikidata: Q41776275
MUNQ ID: 1923
Cited authority (Hogg 1851): H