Pirja
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1961 at the Institute of Horticultural and Agricultural Research Centre, Piikki, Finland. Fruits are crisp with a pleasant flavour.
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
- Picking time
- Mid August
- Flowering
- 18th April (10%) · 21st April (full) · 3rd May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- small
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Flat
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak
- Firmness
- soft
- Juiciness
- dry
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- high
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
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