Fleuritard

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received 1947. From Cultivated in Meuse, France.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
intermediate to flat, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex to occasionally straight ^b

Fruit Height
51-61 mm ^b

Fruit Width
63-70 mm ^b

Ribbing
strongly ribbed base to apex ^b

Ground Colour
yellow ^b

Over Colour
flushed and streaked orange-red ^b

Flesh Colour
white ^b

Flesh Texture
fine, tender ^b

Flavour
slightly sweet, subacid ^b

Flowering Time
late ^b

Accession No.
1947 - 213   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from France. Fruits have fine, tender flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Accession name
Fleuritard

Flowering time
23rd May 10% flowering
29th May Full (80%) flowering
6th June 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Broad globose conical ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
absent ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/solid flush ^a

Russet
low ^a

Greasiness
Medium ^a

Coarseness
coarse ^a

Flesh Colour
White ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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