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Mobbs Royal

Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated either in Australia or New Zealand. It was known in Australia in 1868. Fruits have firm, fine, very white tinged green flesh with an acid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid September
Flowering
2nd May (10%) · 7th May (full) · 14th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
acid
Ribbing
ribbed on body and at eye
Fruit size
large
Fruit shape
flat, rectangular, convex
Fruit width
82 mm
Over colour
flushed orange to pinkish red, some fruits with no flush
Russet type
russet dots
Flesh colour
very white, tinged green
Fruit height
66 mm
Flesh texture
firm, fine
Ground colour
greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Culinary
Crown
medium-strong
Shape
Flat globose
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
firm
Juiciness
dry-medium
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish green
Over colour amount
very low
Over colour pattern
washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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