Domnesc
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to be from Iasi, Moldavia, Romania. First recorded in 1831. Fruits have coarse, soft flesh with a fairly acid flavour.
Synonyms:
Basilico, de Moldavie, der Gotterapfel, Dominechti, Dominechty de Moldavie, Domineschta, Domineschter, Domineschti, Domineschty, Domineshty moldavskoe, Dominetscher, Dominisca, Dominiska, Dominiski, Domneschti, Domnesty, Gospodskoe, Goterapfel, Gotter Apfel, Gotterapfel, Grosser Domineschty aus Bender, Hernapfel, Herrapfel, Herrenapfel, Herrnapfel, Moldauer Furstenapfel, Moldauer Gotterapfel, Moldauischer Fuersterapfel, Moldauischer Herrnapfel, Moldavier Gotterapfel, Pomme de Moldavie, Pomme de Seigneur, Vasilico
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Domnesc
Flowering time
29th April 10% flowering
5th May Full (80%) flowering
11th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
Size
large-very large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Flat globose 1
Height
70.48 mm 1
Width
87.67 mm 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
medium 1
Ground Colour
Green yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1
Russet
low 1
Greasiness
Medium 1
Firmness
soft 1
Coarseness
coarse 1
Flesh Colour
Yellowish 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register