Florina
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Complex parentage involving Rome Beauty, Golden Delicious, Starking, Simpsons Giant Limb and Jonathan. A scab resistant variety raised at the Station de Recherches d'Arboriculture Fruitiere, Angers, France. Fruits tend to be rather tart and acid.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Complex - see description x Complex - see description
Accession name
Florina
Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
5th May Full (80%) flowering
14th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Globose a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
weak a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
low a
Flesh Colour
Yellowish a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.