Owen Thomas

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Introduced

1920

Origin

Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 51.0 mm
Fruit width: 63.0 mm

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

Owen Thomas is a dessert apple from Bedfordshire, England, introduced in 1920 as a cross between Cox Orange and Gladstone. It features greenish-white, soft, juicy flesh with sweet and aromatic flavors, with a green skin flushed with orange.

Flavor & Texture

sweetaromaticsoftjuicy

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Lineage

Parents

Gladstone Cox's Orange Pippin x Gladstone

Origin & History

Origin type: deliberate cross

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 4460
Wikidata: Q41780058