Rougemont
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Recorded 1888. From Sussex, Crawley, England. Raised by J. Cheal & Sons Ltd.. Catalogued 1955 approximately.
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
- Flowering
- 27th April (10%) · 30th April (full) · 9th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- tall, rectangular
- Over colour
- scarlet flush and streaks
- Skin texture
- greasy
- Flesh texture
- very soft
- Ground colour
- orange-yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- strong
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Width
- 77.89 mm
- Height
- 63.83 mm
- Russet
- high
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- very soft
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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