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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised by Purdue, Rutgers and Illinois Universities, Lafayette, Indiana, USA. Introduced in 1981. Fruits are sweet and crisp with an insipid flavour. Scab resistant.

Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.

Picking time
Early September
Flowering
27th April (10%) · 30th April (full) · 9th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak
Shape
Globose
Width
69.85 mm
Height
58.84 mm
Russet
absent
Ribbing
weak
Greasiness
Strong
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Cream
Ground colour
Whitish green
Over colour amount
high
Over colour pattern
striped

Source · National Fruit Collection

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