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Tare de Ghinda

syn. Hartapfel, Tare de Ghinda verde, Windauer Hartapfel, Winter Dauerapfel

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in Ghinda, Bistrita, Romania. Known to be very old. Fruits have firm, greenish white flesh with a sweet to subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late October
Flowering
14th May (10%) · 19th May (full) · 26th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
sweet to subacid
Ribbing
ribbed base to apex and strongly at eye
Fruit size
medium to large
Fruit shape
intermediate, tall or flat, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex
Fruit width
57-77 mm
Over colour
sometimes a faint orange flush,
Russet type
russet dots and occasional patches,
Flesh colour
greenish white
Fruit height
48-66 mm
Skin texture
tough
Flesh texture
firm
Ground colour
yellowish green
NFC characterisation
Size
large
Type
Dessert
Crown
medium
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
70.19 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
59.18 mm
Russet
absent
Ribbing
medium
Firmness
firm
Juiciness
dry
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
Greenish
Ground colour
Whitish green
Over colour amount
absent
Over colour pattern
washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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