Alfa 68

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1937 at the Horticultural Research Station, Alnarp, Sweden. It was introduced in 1954. Fruits have firm, tender, juicy, acid flesh, with a good flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Belle de Boskoop x Fillippa

Father to:
Alnarps Favorit

Accession No.
1968 - 057   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Alfa 68

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

Picking time
Mid October 1

Size
large 1

Type
Culinary 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
very weak 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low-medium 1

Firmness
soft 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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