Winter Banana
syn. Banan zimnii, Banana, Banana de Iarna, Banane, Banane d'Hiver, Bananove zimni, Bananovoe, Flory, Teli banan, Zimna bananova, Zimnee bananovoe
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1876 on the farm of David Flory near Adamsboro, Cross County, Indiana, USA. Introduced in 1890. Received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society in 1912. Fruits have rather soft, rather coarse-textured,moderately juicy flesh with a sweet and pleasant aromatic flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 7th May (10%) · 12th May (full) · 19th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Oblong
- Crunch
- medium-crisp
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- medium
- Coarseness
- medium-coarse
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Pink
- Ground colour
- Whitish Yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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