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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Thought to be of French origin. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947. Fruits have a rather coarse, dry, white flesh which soon discolours. Flavour is sweet to subacid.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
8th May (10%) · 15th May (full) · 23rd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
large
Type
Dessert
Shape
Truncate conical
Width
72.50 mm
Height
65.50 mm
Ribbing
medium
Firmness
firm
Coarseness
coarse
Greasiness
Weak
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour amount
low
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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