Desseffy Arisztid
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Ellipsoid 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 72.00mm 2
- Width
- 79.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1948 - 362
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Hungary. Fruits have rather dry, firm flesh with a rather insipid flavour.
- Accession name
- Desseffy Arisztid
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering 20th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Early October 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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