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Mrs. Phillimore
Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.
Dessert
Measured Phenotype
- Fruit height
- 47.5 mm
- Fruit width
- 62.5 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.
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
Origin & History
- Origin type
- deliberate cross
References
- UK National Fruit Collection
- 4120
- Wikidata
- Q41779544
- MUNQ ID
- 141