Durello
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
An apple of Italian origin. It was described in 1949 but is thought to be much older. Fruits have firm flesh with a sweet, subacid, slightly perfumed flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Fruit Size
large b
Fruit Shape
flat, rectangular, convex b
Fruit Height
74 mm b
Fruit Width
81 mm b
Ribbing
not ribbed b
Ground Colour
greenish yellow b
Over Colour
flushed red b
Flesh Colour
ivory white b
Flesh Texture
firm b
Flavour
sweet, subacid, slightly perfumed b
Accession name
Durello
Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
Size
small-medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Flat a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
weak-medium a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
very low a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
very low a
Firmness
firm a
Flesh Colour
White a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register