La Gaillarde

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Recorded 1894. From First recorded by the Saint-Omer Society of Horticulture, France (presumably).

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Size
medium ^b

Type
Culinary / Dessert ^b

Shape
Truncate conical ^b

Height
57.00 mm ^b

Width
63.00 mm ^b

Ribbing
medium ^b

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^b

Over Colour
Orange ^b

Crunch
crisp ^b

Coarseness
coarse ^b

Flesh Colour
Greenish ^b

Accession No.
1950 - 102   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1950 from Angers, France. Fruits have coarse, crisp flesh with a subacid sweet flavour.

Accession name
Gaillarde

Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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