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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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