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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised at the Plant Breeding Institute, Wageningen, Netherlands. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1955. Fruits have fine, tender, creamy white flesh with a subacid and slightly rich flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
subacid, slightly rich
Ribbing
prominent ribs base to apex
Fruit size
medium to large
Fruit shape
intermediate to tall, rectangular, convex
Fruit width
53-71 mm
Over colour
flushed orange-red, striped deeper red
Russet type
traces of russet, sometimes russet at base
Flesh colour
creamy white
Fruit height
50-64 mm
Flesh texture
fine, tender
Ground colour
greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
medium-large
Type
Dessert
Crown
strong-very strong
Shape
Truncate conical
Crunch
crisp
Russet
low
Ribbing
strong-very strong
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
medium
Over colour pattern
striped/mottled

Source · National Fruit Collection

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