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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in Ottawa, Canada by the Division of Horticulture Experimental Farm. It was selected in 1930 and introduced in about 1935. Fruits have firm, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
2nd May (10%) · 7th May (full) · 13th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Tree
spreading
Flavour
subacid
Ribbing
ribbed at apex, slightly ribbed on body
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
flat, truncate-conic, convex
Fruit width
67 mm
Over colour
striped red, nearly covered with dark red
Russet type
netted and dotted russet
Flesh colour
greenish white
Fruit height
56 mm
Flesh texture
firm, fine
Ground colour
greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Dessert
Crown
medium
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
78.90 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
71.41 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
firm
Juiciness
juicy
Coarseness
fine
Greasiness
Medium
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
medium-high
Over colour pattern
striped/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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