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Nonpareil

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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Thought to be of French origin. It was introduced into England in the mid 1500s. Fruits have greenish white, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a slightly acid and pleasant aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
5th May (10%) · 11th May (full) · 17th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
vinous, rich, aromatic
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
intermediate to flat, truncate-conic, convex, asymmetric
Fruit width
55 mm
Over colour
brown-red flush
Russet type
russet dots and patches
Flesh colour
greenish
Fruit height
50 mm
Flesh texture
tender, crisp
Ground colour
yellowish green
NFC characterisation
Size
small
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
59.15 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
46.16 mm
Russet
high-very high
Ribbing
weak-medium
Over colour
Brown
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
absent
Over colour pattern
mottled

Source · National Fruit Collection

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