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Eynsham Challenger
type: Culinary, Sauce
identification: Medium to large, round to round conic with some ribbing on the faces. The base colour is green maturing to yellow, blushed pale orange on the sun-exposed face. The calyx is small and closed, set in a shallow and narrow basin which is ribbed and surrounded by a knobbed crown. The stem is slender and long, set in a deep and funnel shaped basin, surrounded by a patch of russet with rays onto the shoulder.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish, coarse-grained, brisk and mild-flavoured.
uses: Cooking. Makes a creamy, mild sauce.
origins: A cross of Blenheim Orange x with pollen from Lord Derby in 1935. This was one of 14 varieties developed by Eynsham, Oxford (U.K.) apple breeder Frederick William Wastie.
cultivation: Moderatly vigorous.
cold storage: Keeps up to three months.
harvest: In the first half of the fifth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 15
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 5
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