Hibernal
syn. Orsimoi, Orsimui, Osimoe, Romna
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Either Russian or originated in the USA and sent to Russia. It is said to have gone to Russia in 1870 and recorded in the USA in 1880. Fruits have firm, coarse flesh with an acid and astringent flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early September
- Flowering
- 30th April (10%) · 6th May (full) · 12th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- acid, astringent
- Ribbing
- ribbed at eye and on body
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- flat to intermediate, truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 65-75 mm
- Over colour
- flushed orange-red with crimson splashes
- Russet type
- russet in cavity and on base
- Flesh colour
- yellowish white
- Fruit height
- 50-61 mm
- Flesh texture
- firm, coarse
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large-very large
- Type
- Culinary
- Crown
- weak-medium
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 84.14 mm
- Height
- 65.53 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- strong
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- low-medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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