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Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in Normandy, France. It was described in 1947. Fruits have fine, hard flesh with a subacid, slightly bitter flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid September
Flowering
5th May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
subacid, slightly bitter
Ribbing
ribbed on body
Fruit size
large
Fruit shape
intermediate, truncate-conic, convex to straight
Fruit width
83 mm
Over colour
flushed dull orange-brown and red, faint stripes
Russet type
patches of russet
Flesh colour
cream
Fruit height
76 mm
Skin texture
pinkish scarf skin
Flesh texture
fine, hard,
Ground colour
greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Culinary
Shape
Oblong conical
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
firm-very firm
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour pattern
striped/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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