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Lucullus

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1935 at the Horticultural Laboratory, Wageningen, The Netherlands. It was introduced in 1955. Fruits have soft flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
9th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
large
Type
Dessert
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
78.00 mm
Height
64.00 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak
Firmness
soft
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Greenish
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour pattern
streaked

Source · National Fruit Collection

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