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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