Meri Cretesti
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Received 1951. From Romania.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 3rd May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 15th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- acid
- Ribbing
- sometimes slightly ribbed at eye and on body
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- flat, truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 54-62 mm
- Over colour
- flushed orange, streaked pink
- Russet type
- occasional russet
- Flesh colour
- greenish white
- Fruit height
- 42-48 mm
- Skin texture
- greasy
- Flesh texture
- somewhat soft and coarse
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small-medium
- Type
- Culinary
- Crown
- absent
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Ribbing
- very weak
- Firmness
- soft
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped/washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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