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Plymouth Cross
type: Dessert
identification: Small. Round. The base colour is green maturing to yellow over which is a deep red, almost maroon blush, marked with darker striping and scattered patches of russet. The eye is large and partly opened, set in a medium deep and open basin which is sometimes surrounded by a faintly knobbed crown. The stem is medium long to long, set in a medium deep and narrow, russeted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, firm and crips. Sweet with a tart pineapple flavour.
uses: dessert
origins: Bristol UK 1916 Allington Pippin x Star of Devon LARS 1916 by GT Spinks — Allington Pippin x Star of Devon, 1916, G. T. Spinks, Ashton Research Station, Bristol, England
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading tree. Bears fruit on spurs. Produces light crops ready for harvest at th start of the first period.
cold storage: Keeps two months.
harvest: Late in the second period.
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 4
ploidism: Self sterile. Group B. Day 4.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 2
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