Rouget

Dessert / Cider apple

Dessert / Cider apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received 1948. From Cotes-du-Nord, France.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
medium ^b

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

Fruit Height
55 mm ^b

Fruit Width
69 mm ^b

Ribbing
ribbed at eye ^b

Ground Colour
pale yellow ^b

Over Colour
largely covered with carmine flush and darker streaks ^b

Flesh Colour
white ^b

Skin Texture
greasy ^b

Flesh Texture
fairly crisp and tender ^b

Flavour
sweet, subacid ^b

Accession No.
1948 - 278   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Cotes-du-Nord, France. Fruits have fairly crisp, tender white flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Accession name
Rouget (Cotes du Nord)

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late September ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert / Cider ^a

Shape
Flat globose ^a

Crown
medium ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
high ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush ^a

Greasiness
Medium ^a

Crunch
crisp ^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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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