de Quint

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received by NFT 1948. From Drome, France.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Size
medium ^b

Type
Dessert ^b

Shape
Narrow conical ^b

Ribbing
medium ^b

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^b

Over Colour
Red ^b

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped ^b

Coarseness
fine ^b

Flesh Colour
White ^b

Accession No.
1948 - 306   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Drome, France. Fruits have sweet, juicy flesh with a perfumed flavour.

Accession name
De Quint

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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