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syn. Irish Russet, Irlandischer Rothling, Irlandischer Rotling

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in Ireland. Brought to notice in England in 1818. Fruits have firm, rather tough, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
3rd May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
small-medium
Type
Dessert
Shape
Flat
Width
54.00 mm
Height
42.50 mm
Russet
high-very high
Ribbing
absent
Firmness
firm
Greasiness
Weak
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Greenish
Ground colour
Yellow

Source · National Fruit Collection

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