Contessa

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1958 - 033   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Turin, Italy. Fruits have firm, coarse flesh with an acid flavour.

Accession name
Contessa

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early September 1

Size
large 1

Type
Culinary 1

Shape
Globose 1

Ribbing
strong-very strong 1

Crown
strong 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
Brown 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
firm 1

Coarseness
coarse 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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