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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1945 at Alnarp Agricultural College, Sweden. Introduced in 1970. Fruits have crisp, juicy flesh with a sweet almost strawberry like flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early August
Flowering
28th April (10%) · 2nd May (full) · 10th May (petal fall)
NFC characterisation
Size
medium-large
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak-medium
Shape
Globose conical
Russet
absent
Ribbing
weak-medium
Juiciness
juicy
Over colour
Pink
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
very low
Over colour pattern
washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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