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Winston
type: Eating, Juice
synonyms: Originally introduced as Winter King, but later renamed to Winston. Also known as Winter Cheer.
identification: Small to medium and round conic. The skin base colour is yellow over which it is extensively flushed with bright red and marked with broken stripes of darker red. Abundant medium light coloured lenticels. The eye is large and open, set in a deep and moderately narrow basin which is often ribbed. The stem is short and stout, set in a deep and narrow cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is creamy? white, fine grained and firm. Juicy and sweet?sharp. Aromatic, with nutty flavour.
uses: Fresh eating. Also makes a flavourful and refreshing juice.
origins: Created in 1920 by William Pope in Bershire, (UK), by crossing a Cox’s Orange Pippin and Worcester Pearmain. It wa introduced at the Royal Horticultural Society in 1944 and received the Award of Merit. It was initially called Winter but renamed at the time of introduction. — Cox s Orange Pippin x Worcester Pearmain, 1920, Willia Pope, Welford Park, Berkshire, England, introduced, 1935 as Winter King
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading tree. Bears fruit on spurs. Precocious. Crops heavily and reliably on a yearly basis. It has a tendancy to overcrop, creating small and needs to be thinned at fruit set.
cold storage: Keeps five months. Mellows in storage to become more sweet and aromatic.
vulnerabilities: Very resistant to scab and canker. Resistant to
harvest: In the middle of the fourth period.
cold storage weeks: 20
harvest period: 4
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