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Kandil Sinap

syn. Candil Sinap, Candile Sinope, Kandil, Kandile, Kantil Sinap, Sari Sinope, Sinap Kandille

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Thought to have originated in the early 1800s at Crimea, Russia. Fruits have crisp, snow-white flesh with a sweet, slightly vinous and perfumed flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
6th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Tree
upright
Flavour
slightly vinous, perfumed, sweet
Ribbing
ribbed at eye
Fruit size
large
Fruit shape
tall, truncate-conic, concave
Fruit width
64 mm
Over colour
almost entirely flushed and striped red
Flesh colour
very white
Fruit height
89 mm
Flesh texture
tender, crisp
Ground colour
pale yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
very weak
Shape
Narrow conical
Width
62.32 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
76.80 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak
Greasiness
Medium
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
low-medium
Over colour pattern
washed out/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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