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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1935 at the Horticultural Laboratory, Wageningen, The Netherlands. It was introduced in 1952. Fruits have greenish white flesh with a subacid, sweet, aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
9th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
subacid, sweet, aromatic
Ribbing
very slightly ribbed at eye
Fruit size
very variable
Fruit shape
flat, truncate-conic, convex
Fruit width
60-73 mm
Over colour
striped orange-red
Russet type
russet netting and patches
Flesh colour
greenish white
Fruit height
43-54 mm
Skin texture
rough
Ground colour
greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak
Shape
Flat
Crunch
crisp
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak
Firmness
soft
Juiciness
juicy
Greasiness
Weak
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Yellowish
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour amount
medium
Over colour pattern
striped/mottled

Source · National Fruit Collection

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