Rathe Ripe
syn. Early Ripe, Rather Ripe
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated in England. Described in 1831. Fruits have rather soft, rather dry, whitish flesh with a slightly sweet, slightly subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid August
- Flowering
- 4th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- small-medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Oblong
- Width
- 50.00 mm
- Height
- 45.50 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Juiciness
- dry
- Greasiness
- Weak
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish green
- Over colour amount
- very low
Source · National Fruit Collection
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