George Carpenter

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1902

Origin

Surrey, England, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 64.0 mm
Fruit width: 70.0 mm

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George Carpenter is a dessert apple developed in Surrey in 1902 from a cross of Blenheim Orange and King of the Pippins. It features white, juicy flesh with a sweet, aromatic flavor and is best eaten fresh from October through December.

Flavor & Texture

sweetaromaticjuicy

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Blenheim Orange King of the Pippins Peasgood's Nonsuch

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 2238
Wikidata: Q41777328