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Francis
type: Dessert
synonyms: Francis Thorrington
summary: This is one of several apples developed by Francis Thorrington of Hornchurch, Essex, during the early 1900s.
identification: Medium size, round conic shape. The base colour is greenish yellow maturing to golden yellow, washed deep red and marked with striping. The calyx is medium size and partly open, set in a shallow, wide basin. The stem is short and moderately stout, set in a narrow and deep cavity.
characteristics: Greenish flesh, firm and crisp. Somewhat dry, very sweet and aromatic.
origins: Developed and raised from an open pollinated Cox’s Orange Pippin by F. W. Thorrington of Hornchurch, Essex (U.K.) during the early 1900s. Fruit from this cross were submitted at the National Fruit Trials in 1925.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright-spreading spur bearer.
cold storage: Keeps up to two months in cold storage. Needs to be stored at least a month before the full flavours and sweetness emerge. Somewhat bland when first picked.
harvest: Ready for harvest around the middle of the fifth period.
notes: Thorrington's other apples from this cross are Rosy Blenheim , Sunburn , Ruby (Thorrington) and Daniel Fele Renet .
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 15
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 5
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