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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Received 1952. From Portugal.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 4th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 17th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid
- Ribbing
- prominent ribs at eye and on body
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- tall, conic, straight
- Fruit width
- 56-66 mm
- Over colour
- flushed pink
- Russet type
- a little russet
- Flesh colour
- white, tinged pink
- Fruit height
- 59-82 mm
- Flesh texture
- firm, fine
- Ground colour
- yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small-medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Oblong conical
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- low
- Over colour pattern
- striped/washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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