Fenouillet de Ribours
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Found in the garden of La Rouairie, Maine-et-Loire, France. Distributed by M. de la Perraudiere. It first fruited in 1840. Fruits have fine, white flesh with a sweet, subacid, aniseed perfumed flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Fenouillet de Ribours
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
Size
large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Broad globose conical 1
Ribbing
strong-very strong 1
Crown
medium-strong 1
Ground Colour
Green yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1
Over Colour
Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1
Russet
high 1
Juiciness
dry-medium 1
Flesh Colour
White 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register