Dalice

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised between 1933 and 1937 by A.C. Nash, Scutes Farm, Hastings, Sussex. Fruits have coarse, soft, dry flesh with a subacid to sweet, insipid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Unknown

Size
medium 2

Type
Dessert 2

Shape
Conical 2

Height
51.00 mm 2

Width
64.00 mm 2

Ground Colour
Green yellow 2

Over Colour
Brown 2

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2

Firmness
soft 2

Coarseness
coarse 2

Juiciness
dry 2

Flesh Colour
White 2

Accession No.
1949 - 088   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Dalice

Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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