Violetta
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Received 1958. Origin: Received from Italy. Core very large.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 12th May (10%) · 16th May (full) · 23rd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid, slightly sweet
- Ribbing
- slightly ribbed at eye and sometimes on body
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- tall to intermediate, conic to truncate-conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 61-74 mm
- Over colour
- flushed and streaked deep purplish red
- Russet type
- sometimes russet at base and russet netting and specks
- Flesh colour
- creamy white, browns quickly
- Fruit height
- 58-63 mm
- Flesh texture
- firm, fine
- Ground colour
- pale greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak-medium
- Shape
- Globose
- Crunch
- crumbly
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- striped/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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