Coquette

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received 1947. From Roussillon, was well known particularly around Vernet-les-Bains, France.

Synonyms:
Blanche d'Espagne

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Size
medium ^b

Type
Dessert ^b

Shape
Truncate conical ^b

Height
50.00 mm ^b

Width
69.00 mm ^b

Ribbing
medium ^b

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^b

Over Colour (Amount)
low ^b

Over Colour
Pink ^b

Firmness
medium-firm ^b

Flesh Colour
White ^b

Accession No.
1947 - 069   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from Switzerland. Fruits have firm flesh with a rather insipid flavour.

Accession name
Coquette

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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