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Pomme de Feu (Indre)

Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Received 1948. From France.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late October
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
slightly subacid
Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye and on body
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
flat, rectangular, convex
Fruit width
66 mm
Over colour
flushed orange
Russet type
netted and dotted with russet
Flesh colour
creamy white
Fruit height
55 mm
Skin texture
very greasy
Flesh texture
firm, fine
Ground colour
greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
small-medium
Type
Culinary
Crown
medium
Shape
Flat globose
Crunch
crisp
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
firm
Coarseness
fine
Greasiness
Strong
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour amount
absent
Over colour pattern
washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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