Blandurette

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Synonyms:
Blandurette (Correze)

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1950 - 154   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from France. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a sweet, subacid, slightly aromatic flavour.

Accession name
Blandurette

Flowering time
20th May 10% flowering
24th May Full (80%) flowering
1st June 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

Size
small 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Height
48.31 mm 1

Width
58.29 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak-medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish green 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
firm 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Coarseness
coarse 1

Juiciness
juicy 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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