Applevariety
Steyne Seedling
Also known as Steyne's Seedling
Steyne's Seedling
A dessert apple with whitish-yellow skin, flat in shape, raised in about 1893; mildly tart, juicy, crisp and soft. Picked in early October.
Origin · Steyne, Isle of Wight
Taste & texture
- Acidity
- subacid
- Firmness
- soft
- Bite
- crisp
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Used for
- Dessert apple
How to spot it
- Skin
- Skin greasiness WeakSurface colour RedBackground colour Whitish yellowSurface colour pattern streaked
- Shape
- Flat
- Size
- largeWidth 73.00 mmHeight 54.00 mm
- Appearance
- Surface ridges weak
Origin & family
Where Steyne Seedling began
Recorded origin
Steyne, Isle of Wight
Field notes
Original source notes
Fruit & tree
- size
- large
- type
- Dessert
- shape
- Flat
- width
- 73.00 mm
- crunch
- crisp
- height
- 54.00 mm
- russet
- very low
- ribbing
- weak
- firmness
- soft
- synonyms
- Steyne's Seedling
- greasiness
- Weak
- over colour
- Red
- ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- over colour pattern
- streaked
Photos
National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0 Whole and cut, from the UK National Fruit Collection.