Pomme de Choux a Nez Creux

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received 1948. Origin: Received from France.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Size
large b

Type
Culinary b

Shape
Flat globose b

Height
67.00 mm b

Width
77.00 mm b

Ribbing
medium b

Ground Colour
Green yellow b

Over Colour (Amount)
low b

Over Colour
Brown b

Russet
low b

Firmness
soft-medium b

Coarseness
fine b

Flesh Colour
Greenish b

Accession No.
1948 - 211   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Cher, France. Fruits have soft, juicy, acid flesh.

Accession name
Pomme de Choux a Nez Creux (Cher)

Flowering time
18th May 10% flowering
23rd May Full (80%) flowering
31st May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October a


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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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