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Colapuy
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Said to have been brought to France from the Crimea by a soldier called Nicolas Puy in the mid 1800s. Fruits have firm, sweet flesh with a distinctive flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Colapuis, Colapuits, Nicolas Puy
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Ellipsoid 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Ribbing
- strong 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Dark Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1948 - 246
- Accession name
- Colapuy (Somme)
- Flowering time ›››
- 9th May10% flowering
15th MayFull (80%) flowering
23rd May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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