Applevariety

Encore

A cooking apple with cream flesh and yellow skin, flat in shape, introduced in 1908 and first recorded in 1906; mildly tart, juicy, firm and soft. Picked in early October.

Origin · Welford Park, Newbury, Berkshire

Released 1908

Taste & texture

Acidity
subacid
Firmness
firm
Juiciness
juicy
Texture
Flesh grain coarse
Used for
Culinary apple

How to spot it

Skin
Skin greasiness StrongSurface colour RedBackground colour YellowSurface colour pattern streaked
Flesh
Cream
Shape
Flat
Size
largeWidth 87.00 mmHeight 65.50 mm
Appearance
Surface ridges absent

Origin & family

Where Encore began

Recorded origin

Welford Park, Newbury, Berkshire

Released
1908

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Field notes

Original source notes
Fruit & tree
size
large
type
Culinary
shape
Flat
width
87.00 mm
height
65.50 mm
ribbing
absent
firmness
firm
parentage
Warner's King x Northern Greening
coarseness
coarse
greasiness
Strong
over colour
Red
flesh colour
Cream
ground colour
Yellow
over colour pattern
streaked
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