Discovery

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1949

Origin

Essex, England, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 14.3 °Bx
Fruit height: 45.4 mm
Fruit width: 63.0 mm

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

Discovery is a dessert apple developed in Essex, England in 1949 as a cross between Worcester and Beauty of Bath. It offers a sharp, sweet flavour and is commercially available in the United Kingdom, with a mid-August to mid-September harvest window.

Flavor & Texture

sharpsweet

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Beauty of Bath Worcester Pearmain

Offspring

Limelight Red Devil

Disease Resistance

Fire blight: moderately susceptible

Cornell Apple Variety Database.

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589900
UK National Fruit Collection: 1584
Wikidata: Q508593