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Pigeon de Jerusalem

syn. Coeur de Pigeon, Gros Pigeon Rouge, Gros Pigeonnet rouge, Gros-Coeur de Pigeon, Gros-Pigeonnet Rouge, Jerusalem, Pigeon, Pigeon d'Hiver, Pigeon Rouge, Pigeonnet de Jerusalem, Pigeonnet Jerusalem, Pigonnet de Jerusalem, Pomme de Jerusalem

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in France. Recorded in the late 1600s. Fruits have firm, fine, white flesh with a subacid and slightly perfumed flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late October
Flowering
8th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
subacid, slightly perfumed
Ribbing
prominent ribs base to apex
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
intermediate, conic, convex to concave,
Over colour
flushed pale red and darker stripes
Russet type
light dots
Flesh colour
white
Flesh texture
firm, fine
Ground colour
pale yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak-medium
Shape
Conical
Width
67.18 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
64.78 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
firm
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
low
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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