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Maggie
type: Cider
synonyms: There is also a red-fleshed cider apple by the name Maggie released in 2008.
summary: A Gloucestershire (U.K.) cider apple, highly regarded in the late 1800s.
identification: Small, round, flattened and often uneven. The skin base colour is yellow, blushed red on the sun-exposed face and marked with abundant russet lenticels. The stem is slender and short, set in a narrow and deep cavity. The calyx is open, set in an irregular basin.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, tannic and highly acidic.
uses: Cider
origins: Listed as a Gloucestershire (U.K.) cider apple in "The Fruit Manual" (published in 1884) by Robert Hogg. He also lists in in his "The Apple and Pear as Vintage Fruits" (published in 1886) as being "A Gloucestershire cider apple of fair repute."
notes: There is also a contemporary cultivar by the name Maggie developed by Liz Copas at Long Ashton.
juice_classification: Sharp
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
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