de Flandre
syn. Figue
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated from France. It was described in 1876. Fruits have firm, coarse flesh with a slightly sweet, subacid and aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late October
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- slightly sweet, subacid, aromatic
- Ribbing
- ribbed at eye, slightly on body
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- flat to intermediate, truncate-conic to rectangular, convex
- Fruit width
- 59-71 mm
- Over colour
- flushed pink, striped red
- Flesh colour
- white
- Fruit height
- 47-62 mm
- Flesh texture
- firm, coarse
- Ground colour
- light yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 57.73 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 48.10 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium-high
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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