Ingrid Marie
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised on the island of Fyn, Denmark in about 1910. Fruits have firm, crisp, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a fair flavour. Cracks around the eye in some seasons.
Synonyms:
Hoed Orange, Ingrid Maries Aeble
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Unknown
Mother to:
Alice
Aroma
Ingol
Father to:
Odin
Elstar
Kim
Fruit Size
medium to large b
Fruit Shape
flat, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex b
Fruit Height
51-64 mm b
Fruit Width
70-73 mm b
Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye and on body b
Ground Colour
greenish yellow b
Over Colour
almost entirely flushed deep crimson b
Russet Type
dotted b
Flesh Colour
greenish white, tinged yellow b
Flesh Texture
firm, fine b
Flavour
subacid, sweet b
Accession name
Ingrid Marie (LA)
Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September a
Size
large a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Flat globose a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
very weak a
Ground Colour
Green yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled/solid flush a
Russet
low a
Firmness
firm a
Coarseness
fine a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register