Dermen Winesap

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Tetraploid. A sport of the American variety Winesap. Fruits have firm, tender, coarse flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Sport of Winesap

Accession No.
1974 - 052   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Dermen Winesap

Flowering time
14th May 10% flowering
19th May Full (80%) flowering
26th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ^a

Size
large-very large ^a

Type
Culinary / Dessert ^a

Shape
Flat ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
medium ^a

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
low ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Juiciness
dry ^a

Flesh Colour
Yellowish ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.