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Essching
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A Belgium variety, local to West Flanders. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948. Fruits have crisp flesh, with an acid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Oblong 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 57.00mm 2
- Width
- 64.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1948 - 603
- Accession name
- Essching
- Flowering time ›››
- 1st May10% flowering
7th MayFull (80%) flowering
15th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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