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Amphlett’s Favourite
type: Cooking, Culinary
summary: A cooking apple that originated in Herfordshire during the 1800s. Possibly a lost cultivar.
identification: Medium size tending to large, round flattened with distinct ribs on the faces and a five-pointed crown. The skin base colour is greenish-yellow over which is a bright red wash covering the sun-exposed face. Some darker broken stripes. The base is covered with a fine russet. The stem is short and slender and set deep in the cavity. The eye has long, pointed blades, open and large, set in a deep and funnel-shaped basin.
characteristics: The flesh is white, flavourful and juicy.
uses: A cooking apple.
origins: Originated and grown in Herfordshire (U.K.) during the 1800s. Listed by Robert Hogg in the 1884 edition of "The Fruit Manual." No information on the cultivar's parentage.
cold storage: Keeps two months.
harvest: Ready to be picked in the fourth period.
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 4
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