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Desse de Buff
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Synonyms:
- Dessin de Boeuf
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 53.00mm 2
- Width
- 67.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked 2
- Russet
- low 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1949 - 056
Received by the National Fruit Trials from Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. It was exhibited in 1900 by Laxton's of Bedford as a local apple called Dessin de Boeuf. Fruits have firm flesh with an acid flavour.
- Accession name
- Desse de Buff
- Flowering time ›››
- 13th May10% flowering
19th MayFull (80%) flowering
27th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid September 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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