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Emilia
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Northern Spy x Unknown
- Shape
- Conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 57.00mm 2
- Width
- 65.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1957 - 193
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1927 from Canada. Fruits have crisp, coarse, tender flesh with a sweet, aromatic flavour.
- Accession name
- Emilia
- Flowering time ›››
- 10th May10% flowering
15th MayFull (80%) flowering
23rd May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid September 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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