Mrs. Phillimore

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1900

Origin

United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 47.5 mm
Fruit width: 62.5 mm

Each value is the highest-precedence :Assertion attached to this cultivar; full provenance (year, evidence type, confidence) is preserved in the graph.

Miss Phillimore is an English dessert apple introduced in 1900, bred from Gladstone and Lord Burghley. The fruit features yellow skin with a red flush and tender, sweet flesh. It received an RHS Award of Merit in 1899 and is ready for use in October.

Flavor & Texture

sweettender

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Gladstone Lord Burghley Cox's Pomona x Mother Cox's Pomona

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 4120
Wikidata: Q41779544
MUNQ ID: 141