Helios

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised at the Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture, Munchenberg-Mark, Germany. Introduced in 1969. Fruits have a rich, sweet flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Oldenburg x Unknown

Accession No.
1994 - 041   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Helios

Flowering time
23rd April 10% flowering
26th April Full (80%) flowering
5th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid August ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Globose ^a

Height
56.17 mm ^a

Width
65.82 mm ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
medium ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
low ^a

Flesh Colour
Greenish ^a

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References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.