Roanoke
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1949 by George D. Oberle, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, USA. Introduced in 1967. Fruits are crisp and juicy with a mild flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 15th May (10%) · 20th May (full) · 26th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- absent
- Shape
- Globose
- Width
- 73.87 mm
- Crunch
- crumbly
- Height
- 62.77 mm
- Russet
- absent
- Ribbing
- very weak
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/mottled
Source · National Fruit Collection
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
View on the NFC site