Search Options
Copyright Information
You may use and re-use the information featured on this website (not including logos) free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government Licence.
Alfred Jolibois
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1950 - 152
Received by the National Fruit Trials from Yonne, France in 1950. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a subacid flavour.
- Accession name
- Alfred Jolibois
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- small 1
- Shape
- Oblong conical 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- very weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Coarseness
- fine 1
- Juiciness
- juicy 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, November 2015