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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
- Accession name
- Alfa 68
- Flowering time ›››
- 5th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
17th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- very weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- low-medium 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019