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Emneth Early
type: Culinary, Sauce
synonyms: Early Victoria, Emneth
identification: Medium to small size, round conic and slightly angular on the faces. Grass green to pale yellow. The calyx is large and closed with long petals, set in a very shallow and narrow, ribbed basin. The stem is very short and stout set in a shallow and very narrow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is pale greenish, firm and crisp. Juicy and sharp
uses: Makes excellent, very sweet apple sauce. Easy on the sugar. Too soft for pies.
origins: A cross of Lord Grosvenor with pollen from Keswick Codlin raised by William Lynn of Emneth in Cambridgeshire (U.K.). Introduced as Emneth Early and awarded a First Class Certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society in 1899. It was adopted commercially the early 1900s as Early Victoria. Though no longer grown commercially, it remains a popular garden variety.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright-spreading, spur bearer. Tends to produce every other year.
progeny: Golden Bounty
cold storage: Keeps up to two months.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to scab, mildew and canker.
harvest: Ready for harvest after the middle of the third period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 3
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