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Carswell’s Orange
type: Dessert
synonyms: Though also grown from an open-pollinated Cox's Orange Pippin, Carswell's Honeydew was developed a year later and is not a synonym for the Carswell's Orange.
summary: Bred from an open pollinated Cox's Orange Pippin, this fresh-eating apple has been growing in popularity.
identification: Medium tending to large size, conic. The skin is smooth and yellow skin with a scarlet flush and broken stripes. Flushed solid red on the sun-exposed face. The calyx is set in a wide and shallow, pleated basin. The stem is short, moderately stout and set in a somewhat shallow and narrow cavity.
characteristics: Flesh is yellowish, fine-grained and crisp. Juicy and sweet-sharp, aromatic.
origins: Raised from an open pollinated Cox’s Orange Pippin seedling by J. W. Carswell at Ashtead, Surrey (U.K.) in 1938.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, spreading spur bearer.
harvest: Ready for harvest starting in the middle of the fourth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 14
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
harvest period: 4
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