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Malling Kent
type: Dessert, Eating
synonyms: Kent, Malling. Sometimes called Flower of Kent, but this name actually refers to another cultivar.
identification: Medium size tending to large. Round conic to conic with slight ribbing at the crown. Base colour is greenish yellow with most of the surface covered with a dark red, copper colour. Some striping. Russet tends to radiate over the shoulder from the stem cavity onto the sides. Calyx is large with long leaves, set in a shallow, somewhat narrow basin, surrounded with a lightly knobbed crown. The stem is medium length, stout and set in a shallow, narrow cavity, often with a fleshy protuberance on one side. Thick skin.
characteristics: Flesh is light cream coloured. Firm and somewhat coarse-grained. Juicy and tangy, flavourful. Can be bitter, lacking flavour and acidic in poor growing conditions.
uses: A good fresh eating apple, but also stores well.
origins: Cox's Orange Pippin thought to have been pollinated with Jonathan. Developed by Henry Tydeman at the East Malling Research Station in Maidstone, Kent (U.K.) in 1949. Introduced in 1974.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous. Medium size, upright, spreading tree. Precocious. Bears fruit on spurs. Produces annual crops.
cold storage: Up to five months. The flavour tends to develop after two months in storage.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to mildew.
harvest: Ready to be picked in the middle of the fifth period. No preharvest drop.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 14
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 20
harvest period: 5
flowers: Large, white
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