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Antonovka Grammovaya 600
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to be a sport of Antonovka. It was discovered by I.V. Michurin in Mogilev, Russia in 1888. Introduced in 1892. It produces larger fruit than Antonovka. Fruits have softish flesh with a subacid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1975 - 339
- Accession name
- Antonovka Grammovaya 600
- Flowering time ›››
- 5th May10% flowering
9th MayFull (80%) flowering
17th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid September 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Height
- 59.98 mm 1
- Width
- 71.34 mm 1
- Ribbing
- strong 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Pink 1
- Over Colour Amount
- absent 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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