Diana

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1967 - 066   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1967 from Yugoslavia via Scotland. Fruits have sweet, soft, juicy flesh with a McIntosh type flavour.

Accession name
Diana

Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Broad globose conical ^a

Height
60.64 mm ^a

Width
67.80 mm ^a

Ribbing
very weak ^a

Crown
absent ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
high ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush ^a

Russet
very low ^a

Greasiness
Medium ^a

Firmness
soft ^a

Coarseness
fine ^a

Juiciness
juicy ^a

Flesh Colour
White ^a

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References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.