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Emneth Early
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Culinary
Measured Phenotype
- Brix
- 11.5 °Bx
- Fruit height
- 70.0 mm
- Fruit width
- 64.0 mm
source: GRIN
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.
Emneth Early is a cooking apple from Cambridgeshire that has been grown since before 1899. This cross between Hawthornden and Keswick Codlin is well-suited to cold, northern climates and received an RHS Award of Merit in 1899. It requires biennial crop thinning and offers good disease resistance.
Flavor & Texture
acidiccrispfirm
Best Uses
cookingfresh_eating
Lineage
Parents
Offspring
Origin & History
- Origin type
- deliberate cross
References
- USDA-NPGS
- PI 589661
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 1864
- Wikidata
- Q41776766