Karastoyanka

Apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1957 from Bulgaria. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a sweet, subacid and slightly aromatic flavour.

Availability
Not currently held in the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
flat to intermediate, truncate-conic to rectangular, convex ^b

Fruit Height
44-57 mm ^b

Fruit Width
54-63 mm ^b

Ribbing
slightly ribbed ^b

Ground Colour
yellowish green ^b

Over Colour
flushed orange-red, streaked red ^b

Russet Type
occasional russet ^b

Flesh Colour
greenish white ^b

Flesh Texture
firm, fine ^b

Flavour
sweet, subacid, slightly aromatic ^b

Tree
upright ^b

Accession No.
1957 - 077     cancel

Accession name
Karastoyanka

Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
mid october ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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