Description

• Harvest: Early but short season
• Description: Spur bearer, Flat shaped medium sized fruit
• Vigour: V3
• Flowering Group: 2
• Pollination: Self-fertile
• Skin: Deep red flush and streaks of red with a little russet
• Flesh: White
• Taste: Fruits are soft, juicy, sweet and a little acid, with a distinctive flavour
• Storage: Do not keep
• Uses: Eating
• Background: Originated at Bailbrook, Bath, Somerset and introduced by George Cooling of Bath in about 1864. Received a First-class certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1887. This variety was once the most important early commercial apple in the U. K. Fruits are soft, juicy, sweet and a little acid, with a distinctive flavour