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Doctor Clifford
type: Cooking, Culinary, Sauce
synonyms: Dr. Clifford. There is also a red-fleshed variety named Clifford. Please see
summary: Rich red skin and conic shape make this an elegant apple, but it is not much in demand. Difficult to obtain beyond Lincolnshire.
identification: Medium size and conic shape, lightly ribbed faces. The base colour is green, washed bright red and marked with a pattern of fine, darker stripes. The skin develops a waxy texture as it matures.
characteristics: The flesh is white and coarse-grained. Crisp and sharp-tasting.
uses: Cooking apple, makes a tart sauce. Looses shape in cooking. Sharp flavour.
origins: Grown in 1898 from a pip of unknown parentage by William Ingall, nursery owner in Grimoldy, Lincolnshire near Louth, (U.K.). Introduced in 1911.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading. Spur bearer. Produces heavy crops.
cold storage: Keeps up to two months in cold storage.
harvest: In the middle of the third period.
notes: Self sterile.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 9
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile. Requires a compatible pollinator to produce fruit.
cold storage weeks: 8
brix: 12
harvest period: 3
hardiness: 4
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