Idaho Delicious
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
A tetraploid form of Delicious. Received by the National Fruit Trials from U.S.A. in 1965. Fruits have very firm, fine-textured juicy flesh which is very sweet with a highly aromatic flavour. Very tough skin.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 4th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 17th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Globose
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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