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Dodd

Culinary apple

Arose in a pasture lane, over the fence from a Tolman Sweet orchard owned by Howard Dodds of Heuvelton, New York, USA. Fruits have a fine subacid flavour with a banana-like aroma.

Parentage: Tolman Sweet (original name Tolman Sweeting) x Fameuse

Flowering time:

4th May 10% flowering
9th May 
Full (80%) flowering
17th May 
90% petal fall

Picking time: Early September

Size: small-medium

Shape: Flat globose

Ribbing: weak

Crown: very weak

Ground Colour: Whitish yellow

Over Colour: Orange

Over Colour Amount: low-medium

Over Colour Pattern: striped/washed out

Russet: low

Crunch: crisp

Flesh Colour: White

Source: www.nationalfruitcollection.org.uk

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