Colapuy
syn. Colapuis, Colapuits, Nicolas Puy
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Said to have been brought to France from the Crimea by a soldier called Nicolas Puy in the mid 1800s. Fruits have firm, sweet flesh with a distinctive flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 9th May (10%) · 15th May (full) · 23rd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Ellipsoid
- Ribbing
- strong
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Dark Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
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