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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Received 1958. From Turin, Italy.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
8th May (10%) · 13th May (full) · 20th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
slightly sweet, subacid
Ribbing
strongly ribbed at eye, ribbed on body
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
intermediate to sometimes slightly flat, truncate-conic, convex
Fruit width
68 mm
Over colour
flushed dull orange red, carmine stripes and stipples
Russet type
russet at base, a few small patches
Flesh colour
creamy white
Fruit height
59 mm
Skin texture
tough
Flesh texture
firm
Ground colour
pale yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
medium-strong
Shape
Globose
Crunch
crisp
Russet
very low
Ribbing
medium
Firmness
firm
Over colour
Pink
Flesh colour
Yellowish
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
medium
Over colour pattern
striped/mottled

Source · National Fruit Collection

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