Eight Square
syn. Kill Apple
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Received by NFT 1950. From Ireland. Grown in Ireland.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late August
- Flowering
- 10th May (10%) · 15th May (full) · 23rd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- slightly acid
- Ribbing
- strongly ribbed at eye and on body
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- intermediate, rectangular, convex
- Fruit width
- 49-60 mm
- Over colour
- slight pink flush
- Russet type
- patches of thin russet
- Flesh colour
- white
- Fruit height
- 43-49 mm
- Skin texture
- waxy
- Flesh texture
- firm, crisp
- Ground colour
- whitish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Width
- 71.83 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 58.31 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- strong
- Firmness
- firm
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- very low
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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