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Moti

syn. Moate, Motate

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Recorded 1934. From Apuseni Mountains, Romania. Grown in gardens of Transylvania, particularly in the north-west, and sometimes in commercial orchards.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late October
Flowering
16th May (10%) · 22nd May (full) · 30th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
sweet, subacid
Ribbing
ribbed at eye, sometimes ribbed on body
Fruit size
medium to large
Fruit shape
intermediate, conic, convex
Fruit width
54-78 mm
Over colour
flushed red
Russet type
dotted
Flesh colour
greenish or yellowish
Fruit height
42-63 mm
Flesh texture
very firm
Ground colour
greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
medium-large
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak-medium
Shape
Broad globose conical
Crunch
crisp
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
firm
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
absent
Over colour pattern
washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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