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Fraise de Buhler

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Thought to have originated from Buhl near Baden, Germany. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from Switzerland. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
5th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
subacid
Ribbing
ribbed at eye, prominent ribs on body
Fruit size
large
Fruit shape
flat, truncate-conic, convex
Fruit width
77 mm
Over colour
red dots and stripes
Russet type
light netted russet and russet dots
Flesh colour
greenish white
Fruit height
60 mm
Skin texture
greasy
Flesh texture
firm, fine
Ground colour
yellow-green
NFC characterisation
Size
large-very large
Type
Dessert
Crown
medium
Shape
Flat
Width
88.42 mm
Height
64.92 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
medium
Firmness
firm
Coarseness
fine
Greasiness
Medium
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
medium
Over colour pattern
striped/mottled

Source · National Fruit Collection

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