Rose Rouge
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Received 1950. Origin: Received from France.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late October
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid
- Ribbing
- ribbed at eye and on body
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- flat, rectangular, convex
- Fruit width
- 61-67 mm
- Over colour
- faint orange flush
- Russet type
- russet at base, russet spots
- Flesh colour
- whitish
- Fruit height
- 47-58 mm
- Skin texture
- tough
- Flesh texture
- firm, coarse
- Ground colour
- yellow-green
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Pink
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- low
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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