Murasaki

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1935 at Aomori Apple Experiment Station, Japan. Fruits have firm, crisp, greenish white flesh with a subacid and aromatic flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Jonathan x Delicious

Accession No.
1953 - 003   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Murasaki

Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
medium-large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose 1

Ribbing
strong 1

Crown
medium-strong 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
high 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled/solid flush 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
firm 1

Crunch
crisp-very crisp 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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