Citron d'Hiver (Swiss)
syn. Welsch Nageliapfel, Winterzitrone
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated from Valais, Switzerland. Described in 1925. Fruits have crisp flesh with a subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 10th May (10%) · 15th May (full) · 22nd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid
- Ribbing
- ribbed at eye
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- intermediate to tall, conic, convex
- Over colour
- sometimes a red flush and stripes
- Flesh colour
- yellowish white
- Flesh texture
- crisp
- Ground colour
- yellow to brownish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 69.11 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 58.73 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Juiciness
- dry-medium
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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