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Osborne
type: Dessert, Eating, Juice
synonyms: The name of this apple is also used as a synonym for Harrison Crab .
identification: Medium in size, round and slightly conic. Green base colour which is almost completely covered with an orange flush tending to crimson, particularly on the sun exposed side. Russet spots as well as some russet networking around the stem. The skin sometimes feels waxy. The stem is short and thin, set in a wide and somewhat deep, russet lined cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, somewhat coarse-grained, crisp, very juicy and pleasantly tart. Distinct strawberry and pear flavour is reminiscent of the Cox’s Orange Pippin which is believed to be one of the parents of the Worcester Pearmain from which this variety derives.
uses: Fresh eating apple, but also makes an excellent juice.
origins: This is another in a series of apples developed by the Laxton Brothers Nursery in Bedforsdshire (U.K.) through the early 1900s. Named after the president of the Royal Horticultural Society in 1923, it is the result of a cross between James Grieve and Worcester Pearmain . Introduced in 1923.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading, partial tip bearer. Good cropping annually.
cold storage: Keeps about a month.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the middle of the fourth period.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 8
ploidism: Partially self fertile but produces best crops in the vicinity of a compatible source of pollen.
cold storage weeks: 4
brix: 13
acidity: 67.5
harvest period: 4
sg: 1.0525
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