Applevariety

Shoesmith

Also known as H. Shoesmith

H. Shoesmith

A cooking apple with greenish flesh and green-yellow skin, oval in shape; mildly tart, juicy and soft. Picked in early October.

Origin · Byfleet, Surrey, England

Taste & texture

Acidity
subacid
Firmness
soft
Juiciness
juicy
Texture
Flesh grain fine
Used for
Culinary apple

How to spot it

Skin
Skin greasiness WeakSurface colour OrangeBackground colour Green yellowSurface colour coverage low
Flesh
Greenish
Shape
Ellipsoid
Size
mediumWidth 57.00 mmHeight 64.00 mm
Appearance
Surface ridges weak

Origin & family

Where Shoesmith began

Recorded origin

Byfleet, Surrey, England

United Kingdom

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Field notes

Original source notes
Fruit & tree
size
medium
type
Culinary
shape
Ellipsoid
width
57.00 mm
height
64.00 mm
russet
very low
ribbing
weak
firmness
soft
synonyms
H. Shoesmith
parentage
Lane's Prince Albert x Golden Noble
coarseness
fine
greasiness
Weak
over colour
Orange
flesh colour
Greenish
ground colour
Green yellow
over colour amount
low
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