Dukat Spur
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A spur type clone of Dukat, producing larger fruit. Selected by A. Dvorak at the Plant Breeding Station, Techobuzice, Czechoslovakia. Fruits are sweet with rather coarse-textured flesh.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
Parentage:
Golden Delicious x Cox's Orange Pippin
Accession name
Dukat spur type
Flowering time
25th April 10% flowering
28th April Full (80%) flowering
7th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
Size
large a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Globose conical a
Height
65.37 mm a
Width
72.03 mm a
Ribbing
weak a
Crown
weak-medium a
Ground Colour
Yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
low-medium a
Firmness
firm-very firm a
Flesh Colour
Yellowish a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.