Jupp's Russet A

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1951 - 245   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from New Zealand. Fruits have firm, fine, greenish white flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Accession name
Jupp's Russet A

Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Ribbing
very weak 1

Crown
absent 1

Ground Colour
Whitish green 1

Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/washed out 1

Russet
very low 1

Firmness
firm 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Coarseness
fine 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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