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type: Sauce
synonyms: Thurston August
summary: Possibly a cross of Worcester Pearmain and Beauty of Bath , this apple tends to become red-fleshed when harvested later in the season.
identification: Small to medium, round and somewhat flattened. Some ribbing at the eye. Yellow to green with deep red patches on the sun side. Sometimes marked with pale russet lenticels. The stem is medium length and stout, set in a wide, deep and russetted cavity. Completely russetted at the base while the rest of the apple is marked with a fine netting of russet.
characteristics: Creamy flesh with some faint reddish stains next to the skin, fine-grained, firm and crisp. Juicy and mildly sweet-tart with a hint of strawberry. Apples picked early typically have creamy white flesh, those picked later tend to have flesh stained red next to the skin or right to the core depending on growing conditions. Very slow to brown when exposed to air.
uses: Moderately sweet but acidic. Tastes best when the red blush is prominent. Eat it slightly chilled for best flavour. Also makes an excellent apple sauce.
origins: Raised by George Dummer of Langham, Essex (U.K.) in 1949. Almost certainly a seedling of the Worcester Pearmain resulting from pips planted by a farm worker in Essex (U.K.) in 1949. Possibly crossed with pollen from Beauty of Bath . When Jack Matthews, a nursery operator in Thurston, Suffolk, found out about this early-producing variety, he bought some scionwood from the seedling and dubbed it Thurston August. It was renamed in 1962 and has achieved a small measure of commercial interest in the U.K. as well as in British Columbia (Canada).
cultivation: Fairly easy to grow. Moderate vigor and upright, spreading growth. Bears fruit on spurs as well as on terminal branches Slow to start bearing, but produces dependable, annual crops.
progeny: Red Devil, Limelight
mutations: Rosette
cold storage: Keeps about four weeks.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to scab and mildew.
harvest: Late in the third period and into the fourth.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 15
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 4
harvest period: 3
flowers: Large and white.
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