Applevariety

Owen Thomas

A dessert apple with cream flesh and green-yellow skin, flat in shape, raised in 1897 and introduced in 1920; sweet, aromatic, juicy and soft. Picked in late August.

Origin · Bedford, England

Released 1920

Taste & texture

Sweetness
sweet
Scent
aromatic
Firmness
soft
Juiciness
juicy
Used for
Dessert apple

How to spot it

Skin
Skin greasiness WeakSurface colour OrangeBackground colour Green yellowSurface colour pattern striped
Flesh
Cream
Shape
Flat
Size
mediumWidth 63.00 mmHeight 51.00 mm

Origin & family

Where Owen Thomas began

Recorded origin

Bedford, England

United Kingdom

Released
1920

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Field notes

Original source notes
Fruit & tree
size
medium
type
Dessert
shape
Flat
width
63.00 mm
height
51.00 mm
ribbing
medium
firmness
soft
parentage
Cox's Orange Pippin x Gladstone
greasiness
Weak
over colour
Orange
flesh colour
Cream
ground colour
Green yellow
over colour pattern
striped
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