Contessa

Culinary apple

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received 1958. From Cuneo, Italy.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
medium to large ^b

Fruit Shape
variable, intermediate, sometimes flat or tall, truncate-conic, convex, sometimes asymmetric ^b

Ribbing
ribbed at eye and on body ^b

Ground Colour
yellowish green ^b

Over Colour
slight orange flush, carmine streaks ^b

Russet Type
occassional russet ^b

Flesh Colour
greenish white ^b

Flesh Texture
firm, coarse ^b

Flavour
acid ^b

Accession No.
1958 - 033   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Turin, Italy. Fruits have firm, coarse flesh with an acid flavour.

Accession name
Contessa

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early September ^a

Size
large ^a

Type
Culinary ^a

Shape
Globose ^a

Ribbing
strong-very strong ^a

Crown
strong ^a

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
absent ^a

Over Colour
Brown ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
low ^a

Firmness
firm ^a

Coarseness
coarse ^a

Flesh Colour
Cream ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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