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Encore
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Culinary
Measured Phenotype
- Fruit height
- 65.5 mm
- Fruit width
- 87.0 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.
Encore is a large English cooking apple from Berkshire first developed in 1906. With creamy white, soft, and juicy flesh, it excels as a cooker. The variety earned an RHS First Class Certificate in 1908 and is typically picked in early to mid-October for use through April.
Flavor & Texture
subacidsoftcoarse_grainedjuicy
Best Uses
cooking
Lineage
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 1873
- Wikidata
- Q41776781