Grvena Lepogvetka

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1975 - 177   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1975 from Yugoslavia. Fruits have a sweet subacid flavour.

Accession name
Grvena Lepogvetka

Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Height
58.34 mm 1

Width
63.20 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
high 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush 1

Russet
very low 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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