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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

A more highly coloured sport of McIntosh. Received via Scotland from Yugoslavia. It first fruited in Scotland in 1960.Fruits have rather soft, very juicy flesh with a sweet and pleasant vinous flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid September
Flowering
4th May (10%) · 8th May (full) · 15th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak-medium
Shape
Flat globose
Crunch
crisp
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
soft
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish green
Over colour amount
medium
Over colour pattern
striped/mottled

Source · National Fruit Collection

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