Frankettu
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Said to have originated in the Melun area of France. It was first described in 1536. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a sweet and acid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 8th May (10%) · 13th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 62.46 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 48.13 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Brown
- Flesh colour
- Greenish
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour amount
- low
- Over colour pattern
- solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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