Kitchovka
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Recorded in Bulgaria 1886. From Presumed to have been introduced to Bulgaria from Kichevo in Macedonia, Macedonia (probably).
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Tree
- very upright
- Flavour
- subacid, slightly sweet
- Ribbing
- sometimes slightly ribbed at eye
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- intermediate, truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 57-62 mm
- Over colour
- flushed pink with darker streaks
- Russet type
- russet dots and netting
- Flesh colour
- greenish white
- Fruit height
- 47-53 mm
- Flesh texture
- firm, rather coarse
- Ground colour
- whitish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- very weak
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Width
- 63.98 mm
- Height
- 57.83 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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