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Filippa

syn. Danskt Filippeapple, Filippa's Aeble, Filippa's Apfel

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in about 1880 by Filippa Johannsen of Hundstrup, South Fyn Island, Denmark. Received a First Class Certificate by the Danish Horticultural Society. Fruits have fine, tender flesh, with a subacid and slightly sweet flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid September
Flowering
10th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium-large
Type
Dessert
Shape
Oblong
Width
72.50 mm
Height
66.00 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
medium
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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