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 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Ribbing
very weak 1

Crown
absent 1

Ground Colour
Whitish green 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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