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Cravert

syn. Cra Vert, Cravert Vert

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

A chance seedling discovered in about 1870 or earlier, either in a field of the Depigny family or in the forest of Allogny, France. Fruits have firm flesh with a sweet flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late October
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
sweet
Ribbing
ribbed at eye and on body
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
intermediate, truncate-conic to conic, convex to straight
Fruit width
56-62 mm
Over colour
slight brown flush
Flesh colour
white, tinged green
Fruit height
50 mm
Flesh texture
slightly tough, firm
Ground colour
yellowish green
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak-medium
Shape
Globose conical
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
firm
Over colour
n/a
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Whitish green
Over colour amount
absent
Over colour pattern
n/a

Source · National Fruit Collection

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