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Culinary / Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1942 by R.C. Moore, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, USA. Introduced in 1967. Fruits have crisp, juicy flesh with a slightly perfumed and aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
4th May (10%) · 8th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Culinary / Dessert
Crown
weak-medium
Shape
Globose conical
Width
72.99 mm
Height
64.01 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
very weak
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Yellowish
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour amount
medium-high
Over colour pattern
striped/mottled

Source · National Fruit Collection

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