Fara Nume

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 649   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Romania. Fruits have soft, fine flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Accession name
Fara Nume

Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

Size
medium-large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
firm 1

Juiciness
dry 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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