Description

Raised in Essex in 1949 as a cross from of Worcester Pearmain and possibly Beauty of Bath. Regular good cropper, sweet, crisp, juicy apples of good flavour, aromatic with a hint of strawberry flavour, yellow flushed bright red. The creamy-white flesh is often stained pinkish-red. Unlike some early varieties the fruit does not drop so is best ripened on the tree. Moderate growth. Good disease resistance, commercial and garden variety. The blossom attracts bees, and later any fallen fruit is eagerly consumed by thrushes and other similar birds. Bullfinches are, unfortunately, partial to the buds.