Breitling
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Thought to be of German origin. It was introduced in about 1879 to England by Thomas Rivers. Fruits are very sweet.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Globose
- Width
- 89.49 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 77.00 mm
- Russet
- low-medium
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- low
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
View on the NFC site