Diana
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1967 - 066
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1967 from Yugoslavia via Scotland. Fruits have sweet, soft, juicy flesh with a McIntosh type flavour.
- Accession name
- Diana
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
10th MayFull (80%) flowering 17th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Early October 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Height
- 60.64 mm 1
- Width
- 67.80 mm 1
- Ribbing
- very weak 1
- Crown
- absent 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/solid flush 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Coarseness
- fine 1
- Juiciness
- juicy 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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