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Orange Goff
type: Cooking, Jelly, Pie
synonyms: Ackland Vale, Goff, Kentish Orange Goff, Park Apple, Pork Apple, Top, Top Apple
identification: Medium to large size, round and flattened at the ends. Smooth with a greenish yellow base colour, flushed red on the sun exposed side with darker, broken red stripes. Some russet striping. The eye is small and partly open, set in a shallow and narrow basin, sometime surrounded by a lightly knobbed crown. The stem is very short and slender, set set in a shallow and narrow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is yellowish, crisp and firm, brisk.
uses: Cooking. Makes a flavourful apple gelly. Slices hold their shape and make an excellent apple pie as well as tarts.
origins: Kent UK 1842 NFC Thought to have originated in Kent, England. Recorded in 1842.
cultivation: Vigorous, upright spreading tree. Bears fruit on spurs. Ready for harvest in the second half of the first per
cold storage: Keeps up to two months.
harvest: In the middle of the third period.
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 6
ploidism: Self sterile. Group B. Day 6.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 3
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