Szacsvay Tafota

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Originated in Transylvania, Hungary. Recorded in 1876. Fruits have crisp, somewhat coarse flesh with a slightly sweet and subacid flavour.

Synonyms:
Szacsvari taffota

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
small ^b

Fruit Shape
flat, rectangular, convex ^b

Fruit Height
33-39 mm ^b

Fruit Width
45-50 mm ^b

Ribbing
strongly ribbed at eye, slightly on body ^b

Ground Colour
???pale green, sometimes a russet hairline??? ^b

Over Colour
flushed yellow ^b

Russet Type
russet at base, sometimes mingled with bright pinkish red ^b

Flesh Texture
crisp, somewhat coarse ^b

Flavour
slightly sweet, subacid ^b

Accession No.
1948 - 405   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Szacsvay Tafota

Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late September ^a

Size
small ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Flat globose ^a

Ribbing
very weak ^a

Crown
medium ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish green ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
absent ^a

Over Colour
n/a ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
n/a ^a

Russet
very low ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Coarseness
coarse ^a

Juiciness
juicy ^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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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