Pero Dourado

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received 1952. From Portugal.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
medium to large ^b

Fruit Shape
tall, conic, straight ^b

Fruit Height
59-82 mm ^b

Fruit Width
56-66 mm ^b

Ribbing
prominent ribs at eye and on body ^b

Ground Colour
yellow ^b

Over Colour
flushed pink ^b

Russet Type
a little russet ^b

Flesh Colour
white, tinged pink ^b

Flesh Texture
firm, fine ^b

Flavour
subacid ^b

Accession No.
1952 - 031   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1952 from Portugal. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a subacid flavour.

Accession name
Pero Dourada

Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October ^a

Size
small-medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Oblong conical ^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/washed out ^a

Russet
low ^a

Firmness
firm ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Coarseness
fine ^a

Flesh Colour
White ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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