Gian Andre
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Received 1958. From Turin, Italy.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late October
- Flowering
- 16th May (10%) · 21st May (full) · 28th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- insipid
- Ribbing
- ribbed base to apex
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- tall to intermediate, conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 53-65 mm
- Over colour
- flushed orange, red streaks
- Russet type
- russet dots & occasional traces, rough russet in cavity & on base
- Flesh colour
- greenish white
- Fruit height
- 51-60 mm
- Skin texture
- smooth, rather sticky and tough
- Flesh texture
- firm, fine, tender
- Ground colour
- pale green
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- strong
- Shape
- Truncate conical
- Crunch
- crumbly
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- strong
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- low-medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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