Red Granny Smith
syn. Batt's Seedling, Red Gem
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in Western Australia. Fruits have firm, tender, creamy white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late October
- Flowering
- 9th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- tall to intermediate, truncate-conic to conic, convex to straight
- Fruit width
- 65-75 mm
- Over colour
- pinkish brown or pinkish orange flush, deeper stripes
- Russet type
- russet streaks at base, dots
- Flesh colour
- creamy white
- Fruit height
- 59-73 mm
- Skin texture
- smooth, rather tough
- Flesh texture
- firm, tender
- Ground colour
- greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Globose conical
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium-high
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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