Budai Ignac
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Received by NFT 1948. From Hungary.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
medium-large b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Broad globose conical b
Height
61.50 mm b
Width
71.50 mm b
Ribbing
weak b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour
Brown b
Russet
low b
Flesh Colour
White b
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Hungary. Fruits have a sweet to subacid vinous flavour.
Accession name
Budai Ignac
Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late October a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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