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Jupp's Russet A

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Received by NFT 1951.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late October
Flowering
9th May (10%) · 15th May (full) · 22nd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
sweet, subacid
Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye and on body
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
flat, rectangular, convex
Fruit width
58-62 mm
Over colour
occasional orange stripes
Russet type
covered with fine grey-green netted russet
Flesh colour
greenish white
Fruit height
48-55 mm
Flesh texture
firm, fine
Ground colour
yellowish green
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
absent
Shape
Broad globose conical
Crunch
crisp
Russet
very low
Ribbing
very weak
Firmness
firm
Juiciness
juicy
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish green
Over colour amount
very low
Over colour pattern
mottled/washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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