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Orenco

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in Orenco, Oregon, USA, by The Oregon Nursery Company, but said by some to be a chance seedling found in Oregon City. It was catalogued in 1903 but said by some to have originated in about 1840. Fruits have soft flesh with a sweet subacid and aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid September
Flowering
9th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
sweet, subacid, aromatic
Ribbing
prominent ribs base to apex
Fruit size
large
Fruit shape
intermediate to flat, truncate-conic to rectangular, convex
Fruit width
74-84 mm
Over colour
flushed and striped pinkish orange
Flesh colour
creamy white, veined green
Fruit height
58-72 mm
Flesh texture
soft
Ground colour
greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
large-very large
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak
Shape
Globose
Width
83.03 mm
Height
68.49 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak
Firmness
soft
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
medium-high
Over colour pattern
striped/mottled/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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