Applevariety
Present van Engeland
Also known as Prasent von England +1
Prasent von England · Present of England
A cooking apple with white flesh and green-yellow skin, conical in shape; tart and soft. Picked in early October.
Origin · The Netherlands
Taste & texture
- Acidity
- acid
- Firmness
- soft
- Flavour
- acid
- Used for
- Culinary apple
How to spot it
- Skin
- Surface colour flushed dull brownishBackground colour yellowish green
- Flesh
- creamy white
- Shape
- tall, conic, convex to straight
- Size
- medium to largeFruit width 55-70 mmFruit height 61-77 mm
- Appearance
- Surface ridges ribbed base to apexRusset pattern russet dots and netting
Origin & family
Where Present van Engeland began
Recorded origin
The Netherlands
Netherlands
Family tree
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Field notes
Original source notes
Fruit & tree
- flavour
- acid
- ribbing
- ribbed base to apex
- synonyms
- Prasent von England, Present of England
- mother to
- Present van Holland
- fruit size
- medium to large
- fruit shape
- tall, conic, convex to straight
- fruit width
- 55-70 mm
- over colour
- flushed dull brownish
- russet type
- russet dots and netting
- flesh colour
- creamy white
- fruit height
- 61-77 mm
- flesh texture
- somewhat soft
- ground colour
- yellowish green
Photos
National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0 Whole and cut, from the UK National Fruit Collection.