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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Thought to have originated in France, although received by the National Fruit Trials from Switzerland in 1948. Fruits have soft, dry, greenish white flesh with an insipid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
21st May (10%) · 27th May (full) · 4th June (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Flat
Width
57.00 mm
Height
47.50 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
soft
Juiciness
dry
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Greenish
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour pattern
streaked

Source · National Fruit Collection

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