Cola

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

An Italian variety known since the early 1900s. Fruits have firm, coarse flesh with a subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Father to:
Cola Gelata

Fruit Size
small ^b

Fruit Shape
tall, truncate-conic to rectangular, convex ^b

Fruit Height
47 mm ^b

Fruit Width
46 mm ^b

Ribbing
ribbed at eye ^b

Ground Colour
greenish yellow to yellow ^b

Over Colour
occasional slight pink flush ^b

Russet Type
star shaped russet dots ^b

Flesh Colour
creamy white ^b

Skin Texture
greasy ^b

Flesh Texture
firm, coarse ^b

Flavour
subacid ^b

Accession No.
1958 - 129   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Cola

Flowering time
11th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ^a

Size
small-medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Oblong ^a

Ribbing
strong ^a

Crown
medium ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
absent ^a

Over Colour
n/a ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
n/a ^a

Russet
very low ^a

Greasiness
Medium ^a

Firmness
soft ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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