Jupp's Russet A

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received by NFT 1951.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
flat, rectangular, convex ^b

Fruit Height
48-55 mm ^b

Fruit Width
58-62 mm ^b

Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye and on body ^b

Ground Colour
yellowish green ^b

Over Colour
occasional orange stripes ^b

Russet Type
covered with fine grey-green netted russet ^b

Flesh Colour
greenish white ^b

Flesh Texture
firm, fine ^b

Flavour
sweet, subacid ^b

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 ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Broad globose conical ^a

Ribbing
very weak ^a

Crown
absent ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish green ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
very low ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/washed out ^a

Russet
very low ^a

Firmness
firm ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Coarseness
fine ^a

Juiciness
juicy ^a

Flesh Colour
White ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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