Dubbele Zoete Aagt
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1983 from Wilhelminadorp Fruit Research Station, Netherlands. Used in Holland as an interstock between M9 rootstock and Cox's Orange Pippin to reduce incompatibility. Resistant to collar rot.
Accession name
Dubbele Zoete Aagt
Flowering time
28th April 10% flowering
2nd May Full (80%) flowering
12th May 90% petal fall
Size
medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Flat globose 1
Height
56.58 mm 1
Width
69.63 mm 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
absent 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
low 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/washed out 1
Russet
low 1
Juiciness
dry 1
Flesh Colour
Greenish 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register