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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1967 from Yugoslavia via Scotland. Fruits have sweet, soft, juicy flesh with a McIntosh type flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
7th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 17th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
absent
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
67.80 mm
Height
60.64 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
very weak
Firmness
soft
Juiciness
juicy
Coarseness
fine
Greasiness
Medium
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
high
Over colour pattern
striped/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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