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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised at the New York State Agricultural Experimental Station, Geneva, U.S.A. Introduced in 1974. Fruits have sweet, crisp flesh which is often heavily stained with pink.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late September
Flowering
10th May (10%) · 15th May (full) · 22nd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Dessert
Crown
absent
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
71.20 mm
Crunch
crumbly
Height
61.95 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
high
Over colour pattern
striped/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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