Ballyfatten
syn. Bally Fatten
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated from Northern Ireland. First recorded in 1802. Fruits have firm, white flesh with an acid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late September
- Flowering
- 13th May (10%) · 17th May (full) · 24th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Tree
- tip bearer
- Flavour
- acid
- Ribbing
- ribbed
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- tall, rectangular to conic, straight
- Fruit width
- 70 mm
- Over colour
- flushed red-brown, blotched pink
- Russet type
- present
- Flesh colour
- white
- Fruit height
- 65 mm
- Flesh texture
- firm
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Culinary
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 69.85 mm
- Height
- 55.34 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Juiciness
- dry
- Over colour
- Pink
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- low-medium
- Over colour pattern
- mottled/washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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