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Decosta
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A slightly striped, dark red clone of Jonagold. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1988 from Mr H. Decoster, Belgium. Fruits have juicy, sweet flesh with a good, rich flavour.
- Availability
- Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
- Parentage:
- Sport of Jonagold
Accession No.
1998 - 015
- Accession name
- Decosta
- Flowering time ›››
- 18th April10% flowering
1st MayFull (80%) flowering
11th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- medium-large 1
- Shape
- Globose 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium-high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Greasiness
- Strong 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Juiciness
- juicy 1
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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