Emneth Early

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Culinary

Introduced

1899

Origin

Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 11.5 °Bx
Fruit height: 70.0 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.

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

Lord Grosvenor Keswick Codlin

Offspring

Eastbourne Pippin

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589661
UK National Fruit Collection: 1864
Wikidata: Q41776766