Finasso

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1949 - 150   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1949 from France. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a slightly subacid flavour.

Accession name
Finasso (Lozere)

Flowering time
15th May 10% flowering
22nd May Full (80%) flowering
29th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ¹

Size
small-medium ¹

Type
Dessert ¹

Shape
Flat globose ¹

Ribbing
weak-medium ¹

Crown
weak-medium ¹

Ground Colour
Whitish green ¹

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ¹

Over Colour
Orange ¹

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ¹

Russet
low ¹

Crunch
crisp ¹

Juiciness
dry ¹

Flesh Colour
Cream ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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