Cistecke

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1974 - 202   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1974 from Czechoslovakia. Fruits have soft, very juicy flesh with a fruity flavour.

Accession name
Cistecke

Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose 1

Height
53.42 mm 1

Width
66.18 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/washed out 1

Russet
very low 1

Firmness
soft 1

Coarseness
fine 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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