Racine

Culinary apple

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received by NFT 1947. From France.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
large ^b

Fruit Shape
intermediate to tall, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex ^b

Fruit Height
64-70 mm ^b

Fruit Width
70-82 mm ^b

Ribbing
prominent ribs at eye, ribbed on body ^b

Ground Colour
light yellow ^b

Over Colour
flushed pink ^b

Russet Type
russet on base, sometimes russet netting, russet dots ^b

Flesh Colour
white ^b

Flesh Texture
fairly fine ^b

Flavour
sweetish ^b

Flowering Time
very late ^b

Accession No.
1949 - 161   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from France. Fruits have fairly fine, white flesh with a sweetish flavour.

Accession name
Racine (Allier)

Flowering time
22nd May 10% flowering
27th May Full (80%) flowering
4th June 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ^a

Size
large ^a

Type
Culinary ^a

Shape
Flat globose ^a

Ribbing
strong ^a

Crown
medium ^a

Ground Colour
Yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
very low ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/washed out ^a

Russet
low ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Coarseness
fine ^a

Flesh Colour
Cream ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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