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All-Red Gravenstein
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Triploid. A coloured sport of Gravenstein originating from the U.S.A. Fruits are crisp, coarse-textured and juicy with a distinct flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Sport of Gravenstein
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 57.00mm 2
- Width
- 75.00mm 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- high-very high 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1960 - 055
- Accession name
- All-Red Gravenstein
- Flowering time ›››
- 25th April10% flowering
1st MayFull (80%) flowering
11th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early September 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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