Luzhanka
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1975 from the Vavilov Institute, St Petersburg, Russia. Fruits have soft, yellow, rather acid flesh with a rich flavour.
Accession name
Luzhanka
Flowering time
29th April 10% flowering
5th May Full (80%) flowering
13th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September a
Size
large-very large a
Type
Culinary / Dessert a
Shape
Flat globose a
Height
69.82 mm a
Width
86.71 mm a
Ribbing
medium a
Crown
weak a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
low a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
low a
Firmness
soft a
Juiciness
dry a
Flesh Colour
Greenish a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.