Perrine York
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Tetraploid. A clone of York Imperial. Found by D.B. Perrine, Centralia, Illinois, USA. Fruits have firm, crisp, moderately tender flesh with a subacid to sweetish, aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Perrine York
Flowering time
11th May 10% flowering
18th May Full (80%) flowering
25th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late October a
Size
large a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Flat a
Ribbing
medium a
Crown
weak-medium a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
low a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
very low a
Greasiness
Medium a
Crunch
crisp a
Juiciness
juicy a
Flesh Colour
Yellowish a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.