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Exeter Cross
identification: Small to medium size. Round and flat. Base skin colour is greenish yellow over which is a bright red flush. Prominent broken stripes. Skin is smooth but with a greasy feel.
characteristics: Flesh is creamy white, firm, crisp and juicy. Tends to be astringent when picked early, mellows to become juicy and sweet.
origins: Raised in 1924 by G T Spinks at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol from a Worcester Pearmain X Beauty of Bath. Named in 1954. Early dessert apple that ripens over a very long period. — Worcester Pearmain x Beauty of Bath, G. Spinks at Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol, England, raised, 1924
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading spur bearer. Ready for harvest over a three week span starting in the first half of the SECOND period.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to scab
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 11
ploidism: Exeter Cross. Group C. Day 11.
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