Exeter Cross

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1952

Origin

Long Ashton, England, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Brix: 13.6 °Bx

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Exeter Cross is a dessert apple developed at Long Ashton in England from a cross of Worcester Pearmain and Beauty of Bath. First developed in 1924 but not introduced until 1952, it offers a crisp, juicy, sweet flesh and is harvested in early August for immediate use.

Flavor & Texture

sweetcrispjuicy

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Beauty of Bath Worcester Pearmain

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

USDA-NPGS: PI 589649
UK National Fruit Collection: 1926
Wikidata: Q41776875