Kandil Sinap
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to have originated in the early 1800s at Crimea, Russia. Fruits have crisp, snow-white flesh with a sweet, slightly vinous and perfumed flavour.
Synonyms:
Candil Sinap, Candile Sinope, Kandil, Kandile, Kantil Sinap, Sari Sinope, Sinap Kandille
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Fruit Size
large b
Fruit Shape
tall, truncate-conic, concave b
Fruit Height
89 mm b
Fruit Width
64 mm b
Ribbing
ribbed at eye b
Ground Colour
pale yellow b
Over Colour
almost entirely flushed and striped red b
Flesh Colour
very white b
Flesh Texture
tender, crisp b
Flavour
slightly vinous, perfumed, sweet b
Tree
upright b
Accession name
Kandil Sinap
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Narrow conical a
Height
76.80 mm a
Width
62.32 mm a
Ribbing
weak a
Crown
very weak a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out/solid flush a
Russet
very low a
Greasiness
Medium a
Crunch
crisp a
Flesh Colour
White a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register