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Gavin
type: Dessert, Eating
identification: Small to medium size. Conic. Pale yellow skin with pronounced red flush on sun side.
characteristics: The flesh is yellow, firm, crunchy and juicy. Sweet-sharp flavour.
uses: Best eaten fresh.
origins: Developed in 1956 by noted British fruit breeder Andrew Gavin Brown (1910-1987) at the John Innes Institute in Bayforbury, Hortforshire (U.K.), during the 1950s in an attempt to develop a scab resistant variety. It was created by taking pollen from a Merton Worcester (itself a cross between an Cox's Orange Pippin and a Worcester Pearmain) to pollinate a D920-9 (a Jonathan cross pollinated with a crabapple/Rome Beauty cross). Introduced in 1977.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous.
vulnerabilities: Bred to be scab resistant.
harvest: Ready for harvest at the start of the fourth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 13
ploidism: Group D. Day 13.
harvest period: 4
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