Lappio
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Thought to have originated in Sicily, Italy. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958. Fruits have firm, yellowish white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 1st May (10%) · 6th May (full) · 12th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid
- Ribbing
- ribbed at eye, prominent ribs on body, sometimes base to apex
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- tall to intermediate, occasionally flat, conic to truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 57-73 mm
- Over colour
- occasional pinkish flush, clouded appearance
- Flesh colour
- yellowish white
- Fruit height
- 49-61 mm
- Skin texture
- sticky
- Flesh texture
- firm
- Ground colour
- green or yellowish green
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak-medium
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- low
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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