Campanino

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Thought to have originated at Modena, Italy. Described in 1950. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a rather acid flavour.

Synonyms:
Modenese

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
small to medium ^b

Fruit Shape
intermediate, rectangular, convex, base narrower than apex ^b

Fruit Height
40-46 mm ^b

Fruit Width
42-52 mm ^b

Ribbing
sometimes very slightly ribbed ^b

Ground Colour
yellowish green ^b

Over Colour
purplish red flush and stripes ^b

Russet Type
tracing and netting of russet at eye end ^b

Flesh Colour
green ^b

Skin Texture
thin, rather tough ^b

Flesh Texture
firm, crisp ^b

Flavour
rather acid ^b

Accession No.
1958 - 140   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Campanino

Flowering time
12th May 10% flowering
16th May Full (80%) flowering
23rd May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Flat globose ^a

Height
58.19 mm ^a

Width
64.30 mm ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
weak ^a

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
low ^a

Greasiness
Medium ^a

Firmness
firm ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Juiciness
dry ^a

Flesh Colour
White ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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