Kitchovka

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1957 - 078   fingerprint   check_circle

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

Accession name
Kitchovka

Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Height
57.83 mm 1

Width
63.98 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
very weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
very low 1

Firmness
firm 1

Coarseness
coarse 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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