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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Received 1948. Origin: Received from Belgium.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
4th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
sweetish, subacid
Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye and on body
Fruit size
large
Fruit shape
intermediate to flat, truncate-conic, convex, sometimes asymmetric
Fruit width
75-87 mm
Over colour
flushed scarlet
Russet type
russet dots
Flesh colour
creamy white
Fruit height
62-73 mm
Skin texture
smooth, tough
Flesh texture
soft, fine
Ground colour
yellowish green
NFC characterisation
Size
large-very large
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak
Shape
Broad globose conical
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak
Firmness
soft
Coarseness
fine
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour pattern
solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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