Domnesc
syn. Basilico, de Moldavie, der Gotterapfel, Dominechti, Dominechty de Moldavie, Domineschta, Domineschter, Domineschti, Domineschty, Domineshty moldavskoe, Dominetscher, Dominisca, Dominiska, Dominiski, Domneschti, Domnesty, Gospodskoe, Goterapfel, Gotter Apfel, Gotterapfel, Grosser Domineschty aus Bender, Hernapfel, Herrapfel, Herrenapfel, Herrnapfel, Moldauer Furstenapfel, Moldauer Gotterapfel, Moldauischer Fuersterapfel, Moldauischer Herrnapfel, Moldavier Gotterapfel, Pomme de Moldavie, Pomme de Seigneur, Vasilico
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Thought to be from Iasi, Moldavia, Romania. First recorded in 1831. Fruits have coarse, soft flesh with a fairly acid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 29th April (10%) · 5th May (full) · 11th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- faintly acid
- Ribbing
- ribbed at eye and on body
- Fruit size
- large
- Fruit shape
- flat, truncate-conic to rectangular, convex
- Over colour
- flushed orange, streaked red
- Flesh colour
- white or greenish white tinged yellow
- Flesh texture
- coarse, soft
- Ground colour
- yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Width
- 87.67 mm
- Height
- 70.48 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- low-medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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