Prins Bernhard

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1935 at the Horticultural Laboratory, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Fruits have firm, fine, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Jonathan x Cox's Orange Pippin

Fruit Size
medium to large ^b

Fruit Shape
flat, truncate-conic, slightly convex ^b

Fruit Height
48-55 mm ^b

Fruit Width
62-71 mm ^b

Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye ^b

Ground Colour
greenish yellow ^b

Over Colour
streaked orange-red ^b

Russet Type
russet at base and sometimes on body ^b

Flesh Colour
greenish white ^b

Skin Texture
greasy ^b

Flesh Texture
firm, fine ^b

Flavour
subacid ^b

Accession No.
1955 - 005   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Prins Bernhard

Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October ^a

Size
large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Globose conical ^a

Ribbing
weak ^a

Crown
weak ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/washed out ^a

Russet
low ^a

Greasiness
Medium ^a

Firmness
firm ^a

Coarseness
fine ^a

Flesh Colour
Yellowish ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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