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Cola Gelata

syn. Gelata Cola

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in the early 1900s in the Giarrita-Petralia region of Italy. Fruits have slightly dry flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
sweet, subacid
Ribbing
not, or slightly ribbed at eye
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
tall conic, convex to straight, occasionally concave
Fruit width
58 mm
Russet type
russet dots
Flesh colour
white
Fruit height
63 mm
Flesh texture
slightly dry
Ground colour
golden yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak
Shape
Conical
Width
60.48 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
69.49 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
soft
Juiciness
dry-medium
Over colour
n/a
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour pattern
n/a

Source · National Fruit Collection

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