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Nancy Jackson
type: Cooking, Pie
identification: Medium tending to large. conic with angular sides and uneven. Often ribbed toward the eye. The base colour is yellow, washed bright red on the sun exposed face. The eye is medium size and partly open, set in a shallow and narrow basin. The stem is short and medium thickness, set in a deep and funnel shaped cavity which is usually russeted..
characteristics: The flesh is freenish white, coarse?grained, firm, crisp and very juicy. Brisk. Keeps up to five months in cold storage.
uses: A Victorian cooking apple still grown today. Good for tarts and pies, since it keeps its shape and provides rich flavours.
origins: England 1875 Nfc: Originated in England. Described in 1875
cultivation: Small, weakly vigorous, upright spreading tree. Bears fruit on spurs. Ready for harvest in the middle of the FOURTH period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 12
ploidism: Self sterile. Group D. Day 12.
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