Lille

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Originated in France. Described in 1948. Fruits have fine, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 243   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Lille (Pyrenees Orientales)

Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
16th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Height
57.41 mm 1

Width
66.65 mm 1

Ribbing
absent 1

Crown
absent 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out/solid flush 1

Russet
low 1

Greasiness
Weak 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Coarseness
fine 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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