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Duegne
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 51.00mm 2
- Width
- 57.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1947 - 121
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from France. Fruits have soft flesh with a slightly subacid flavour.
- Accession name
- Duegne
- Flowering time ›››
- 28th April10% flowering
3rd MayFull (80%) flowering
10th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid August 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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