Perrine Yellow Transparent
Culinary / Dessert apple
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A tetraploid bud mutation of White Transparent, ripening one week earlier. Discovered in about 1930 by D.B. Perrine in Centralia, Illinois, USA. Introduced in 1961. Fruits have white, rather coarse-textured, acid flesh with little flavour.
Synonyms:
Giant Transparent, Giant Yellow Transparent, Grandparent, Large Transparent (Perrine), Large Yellow Transparent
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sport of White Transparent
Accession name
Perrine Yellow Transparent (NY)
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late July a
Size
large a
Type
Culinary / Dessert a
Shape
Broad globose conical a
Height
59.67 mm a
Width
73.86 mm a
Ribbing
strong a
Crown
medium a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
absent a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out a
Russet
low a
Crunch
crisp a
Juiciness
juicy a
Flesh Colour
White a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register