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Houblon
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Fruit height
- 64.0 mm
- Fruit width
- 70.0 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.
Houblon is a dessert apple from Berkshire, England, developed as a cross between Peasgood Nonsuch and Cox Orange. Raised by Charles Ross, it received an RHS Award of Merit in 1901 and is best picked in late September for use through January.
Best Uses
fresh_eating
1 historical watercolor from the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection (1886–1942) included in the gallery above. Public domain.
Lineage
Offspring
Origin & History
- Origin type
- deliberate cross
- Known by
- ≥ 1901
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 2831
- Wikidata
- Q41778120