Fameuse

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Thought to be a Canadian variety and may have been raised from seed brought from France by early settlers. It was planted in the USA in about 1730. Fruits have rather soft, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a very sweet and vinous flavour - similar to McIntosh.

Synonyms:

American Nonpareil, Amerikanischer Schneeapfel, Chimney Apple, de Neige, du Marechal, Feimez, Formosa, Frogmore Dessert, Hires alma, la Belle Fameuse, la Fameuse, Neige, Neige-Frambose de Gielen, Pomme de Fameuse, Pomme de Neige, Pomme de Neige der Amerikaner, Pomme de Niege, Pomme Fameuse, Pomme Neige, Red American, Royal Snow, Sanguineous, Sanguineum, Sanguineus, Schneeapfel, Snejnoe, Snow, Snow Apple, Snow Chimmey, Snow Chimney, Vytecne jablko

Availability

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)

Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)

Father to:

Lawfam

Dodd

Sports:

Red Fameuse

Shape

Oblong ²

Size

medium ²

Height

50.00mm ²

Width

63.00mm ²

Ribbing

absent ²

Ground Colour

Whitish yellow ²

Over Colour

Red ²

Flesh Colour

White ²

Accession No.

1952 - 174

  

Accession name

Fameuse

Flowering time  ›››

1st May10% flowering
7th MayFull (80%) flowering
13th May90% petal fall

Picking time

Late September ¹

References:

1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.

2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register