Dukat

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Golden Delicious x Cox's Orange Pippin

Accession No.
1974 - 203   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1974 from Czechoslovakia. Fruits have rather coarse-textured flesh with a very sweet flavour.

Accession name
Dukat

Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

Size
large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low-medium 1

Firmness
firm-very firm 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Juiciness
juicy 1

Flesh Colour
Yellowish 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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