Craciunesti

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 640   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Romania. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Accession name
Craciunesti

Flowering time
30th April 10% flowering
5th May Full (80%) flowering
13th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late September 1

Size
small-medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak 1

Crown
very weak 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1

Russet
low-medium 1

Firmness
soft 1

Coarseness
fine 1

Flesh Colour
Yellowish 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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