Applevariety

Worcester Cross

A dessert apple with cream flesh and yellow skin, broad round-conical in shape, raised in 1920 and introduced in 1932; sweet, crisp and firm. Picked in early September.

Origin · Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol

Released 1932

Taste & texture

Sweetness
sweet
Firmness
firm
Bite
medium
Used for
Dessert apple

How to spot it

Skin
Skin greasiness WeakSurface colour OrangeBackground colour YellowSurface colour pattern striped
Flesh
Cream
Shape
Broad globose conical
Size
mediumWidth 67.00 mmHeight 51.00 mm
Appearance
Surface ridges very weak

Origin & family

Where Worcester Cross began

Recorded origin

Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol

Released
1932

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Field notes

Original source notes
Fruit & tree
size
medium
type
Dessert
shape
Broad globose conical
width
67.00 mm
crunch
medium
height
51.00 mm
ribbing
very weak
firmness
firm
parentage
Cox's Orange Pippin x Wealthy
greasiness
Weak
over colour
Orange
flesh colour
Cream
ground colour
Yellow
over colour pattern
striped
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