Kile

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1973 - 212   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1973 from Huon Research Station, Tasmania, Australia. Fruits are sweet and juicy with a Cox-like flavour.

Accession name
Kile

Flowering time
5th 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

Ribbing
very weak ^a

Crown
absent ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish green ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
low ^a

Flesh Colour
White ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.