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Pomme d'Amour

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Received 1947. Origin: Received from France.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
4th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
slightly sweet, slightly subacid
Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye
Fruit size
small to medium
Fruit shape
intermediate to tall, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex
Fruit width
46-57 mm
Over colour
flushed brownish orange with carmine streaks
Russet type
russet at base, russet dots and patches on body
Flesh colour
yellowish white
Fruit height
40-48 mm
Flesh texture
firm
Ground colour
greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
small
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak
Shape
Broad globose conical
Russet
very low
Firmness
firm
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour pattern
striped/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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