Pomme Noire

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1973 - 118   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1973 from France. Fruits have sweet, pale green flesh with a sweet flavour.

Accession name
Pomme Noire

Flowering time
29th April 10% flowering
3rd May Full (80%) flowering
12th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Green 1

Over Colour (Amount)
high 1

Over Colour
Brown 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush 1

Russet
absent 1

Flesh Colour
Greenish 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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