la Nationale

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised by M. Roux at Sainte-Romain-au-Mont d'Or, Rhone, France. It first fruited in 1871. Fruits have firm, sweet flesh.

Synonyms:
Bernardin, Bourget, Cusset a Fruits Rouges, Cusset Rouge, Deesse nationale, Natsionalnoe

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
large ^b

Fruit Shape
intermediate to flat, rectangular, convex ^b

Fruit Height
62 mm ^b

Fruit Width
74 mm ^b

Ribbing
sometimes ribbed at eye and on body ^b

Ground Colour
greenish yellow ^b

Over Colour
almost covered dark brownish red flush ^b

Russet Type
dots ^b

Flesh Colour
white, veined green ^b

Flesh Texture
firm ^b

Flavour
sweet ^b

Flowering Time
late ^b

Accession No.
1947 - 056   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
La Nationale

Flowering time
22nd May 10% flowering
27th May Full (80%) flowering
3rd June 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ^a

Size
large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Globose ^a

Height
58.80 mm ^a

Width
73.84 mm ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
weak-medium ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish green ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium ^a

Over Colour
Dark Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/washed out ^a

Russet
low ^a

Firmness
firm ^a

Crunch
crumbly ^a

Juiciness
juicy ^a

Flesh Colour
Greenish ^a

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References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register