Nasona
syn. Jusfet de Sezar, Pom de Sezar
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Thought to have originated near Modena, Italy. It was described in 1949 but older than this. Fruits have fine, crisp, creamy white flesh with a slightly sweet, slightly subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 9th May (10%) · 13th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- slightly sweet, slightly subacid
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- tall, rectangular to truncate-conic, concave
- Fruit width
- 65-77 mm
- Over colour
- flushed dull orange-red, streaked red
- Russet type
- russet on base
- Flesh colour
- creamy white
- Fruit height
- 75-81 mm
- Skin texture
- thick, tough, slightly greasy
- Flesh texture
- fine, crisp
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak-medium
- Shape
- Oblong conical
- Width
- 67.80 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 72.45 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Coarseness
- fine
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- low-medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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