Cretesc de Breaza

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1958 - 100   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Romania. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with slightly sweet, slightly subacid flavour.

Accession name
Cretesc de Breaza

Flowering time
19th May 10% flowering
23rd May Full (80%) flowering
30th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
small-medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Oblong 1

Ribbing
weak 1

Crown
very weak 1

Ground Colour
Yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
n/a 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
n/a 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
firm 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Coarseness
fine 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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