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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Described 1934. From Romania. Practically no stalk cavity.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late September
Flowering
30th April (10%) · 5th May (full) · 13th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
sweet, subacid
Fruit size
small to medium
Fruit shape
intermediate, rectangular (base narrower than apex), convex, swelling at stalk
Fruit width
48-62 mm
Over colour
sometimes faintly tinged orange
Russet type
densely dotted, russet over base
Flesh colour
yellowish white
Fruit height
44-53 mm
Skin texture
smooth
Flesh texture
firm, fine
Ground colour
greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
small-medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
very weak
Shape
Broad globose conical
Russet
low-medium
Ribbing
weak
Firmness
soft
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Yellowish
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour amount
very low
Over colour pattern
washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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