Sweet-Tart
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A seedling of unknown parentage raised by Robert Gordon, Gordon Apple Trees, Whittier, California, USA. Fruits have soft, juicy flesh with a very sweet flavour.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
Accession name
Sweet-Tart
Flowering time
29th April 10% flowering
1st May Full (80%) flowering
10th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September a
Size
large a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Globose conical a
Height
64.99 mm a
Width
72.28 mm a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
medium-strong a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush a
Russet
low a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.