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Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in Ireland. Described in 1951. Fruits have firm flesh with an acid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late September
Flowering
16th May (10%) · 22nd May (full) · 29th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
acid
Ribbing
ribbed on body
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
flat, truncate-conic, convex
Fruit width
69 mm
Over colour
flushed carmine
Russet type
russet dots
Flesh colour
white
Fruit height
57 mm
Flesh texture
firm
Ground colour
pale yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Culinary / Dessert
Crown
medium
Shape
Flat
Width
74.36 mm
Height
57.94 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
medium
Firmness
soft-medium
Juiciness
juicy
Greasiness
Medium
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour amount
very low
Over colour pattern
washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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