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Alderman
type: Culinary
summary: This Scottish cooking apple was developed in 1923 or earlier.
identification: Medium size tending to large and even very large, intermediate conic. Green, sometimes with a faint brownish red blushon the sun exposed face. The eye is medium size, not quite open andset in a shallow and narrow basin, surrounded by a well defined crown. The stem is short, moderately stout and set in a deep, funnel shaped cavity which is often russeted. The eye is medium size, closed or partly open with long sepals, set in a wide and shallow basin. Tends to develop a greasy feel at maturity
characteristics: The flesh is greenish, coarse-textured and firm. Moderately juicy and quite tart.
uses: Baking apple.
origins: Originated in Scotland before 1923.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading.
cold storage: Keeps up to two months
harvest: During the middle of the fourth period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 9
ploidism: Self sterile. Group C. Day 9.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 4
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