Gabiola

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1958 - 037   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Italy. Fruits have firm flesh with a very acid flavour.

Accession name
Gabiola

Flowering time
17th May 10% flowering
22nd May Full (80%) flowering
30th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ¹

Size
small-medium ¹

Type
Culinary ¹

Shape
Truncate conical ¹

Ribbing
weak-medium ¹

Crown
medium ¹

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ¹

Over Colour (Amount)
absent ¹

Over Colour
Orange ¹

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out ¹

Russet
very low ¹

Firmness
firm ¹

Flesh Colour
Yellowish ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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