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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised by M. Roux at Sainte-Romain-au-Mont d'Or, Rhone, France. It first fruited in 1871. Fruits have firm, sweet flesh.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late October
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
sweet
Ribbing
sometimes ribbed at eye and on body
Fruit size
large
Fruit shape
intermediate to flat, rectangular, convex
Fruit width
74 mm
Over colour
almost covered dark brownish red flush
Russet type
dots
Flesh colour
white, veined green
Fruit height
62 mm
Flesh texture
firm
Ground colour
greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak-medium
Shape
Globose
Width
73.84 mm
Crunch
crumbly
Height
58.80 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
firm
Juiciness
juicy
Over colour
Dark Red
Flesh colour
Greenish
Ground colour
Whitish green
Over colour amount
low-medium
Over colour pattern
striped/washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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