Criterion
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Discovered in 1968 by Francis Cites in his Parker Heights orchard, near Wapato, Washington, USA. Fruits are firm, crisp and sweet with a good flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 14th May (10%) · 18th May (full) · 23rd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- strong
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 72.20 mm
- Height
- 67.58 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- low
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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