Pohorka
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1978 from the Institut za Vocarstvo, Cacak, Yugoslavia. Fruits have crisp, very juicy flesh with a scented flavour.
Accession name
Pohorka
Flowering time
15th May 10% flowering
19th May Full (80%) flowering
27th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late October a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Broad globose conical a
Ribbing
weak a
Crown
absent a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
low a
Flesh Colour
Yellowish a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.