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Democrat
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Discovered in about 1900 growing in the orchard of J.D. Duffy near Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. It is known as Tasma in New Zealand. Fruits have very firm, coarse-textured, juicy, sweet flesh but lacks in flavour. In Australia it is said to have been stored for over twelve months.
- Synonyms:
- Duffy's Seedling, Tasma
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Hoover x Unknown
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 45.00mm 2
- Width
- 57.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- high-very high 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
1948 - 744
- Accession name
- Democrat
- Flowering time ›››
- 4th May10% flowering
8th MayFull (80%) flowering
16th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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