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de Jaune

syn. Breton, d'Argent, de Fer, de Jaun, de Jaune de la Sarthe, de Jon, Giallo della Sarthe, Jaune du Mans, Pomme d'Argent, Pomme de Jaune, Pomme de Jaune de la Sarthe, Reinette du Mans, Sartha's Yellow

Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Thought to have originated in about 1700 in Sarthe, France. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a sweet and perfumed flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late October
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
sweet, perfumed
Ribbing
ribbed at eye
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
intermediate to flat, truncateconic to rectangular, convex
Russet type
dotted with russet
Flesh colour
white
Flesh texture
firm, crisp
Ground colour
yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Culinary / Dessert
Crown
weak-medium
Shape
Globose conical
Width
74.07 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
61.80 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
medium
Firmness
firm
Juiciness
juicy
Over colour
n/a
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
absent
Over colour pattern
n/a

Source · National Fruit Collection

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