Fiesta

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1972 at East Malling Research Station, Kent. It received an Award of Merit in 1987 from the Royal Horticultural Society. Fruits are crisp and juicy with a Cox-like flavour.

Synonyms:
Red Pippin

Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.

Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Idared

Accession No.
1983 - 038   fingerprint   cancel

Accession name
Fiesta

Flowering time
29th April 10% flowering
2nd May Full (80%) flowering
10th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late September 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Height
58.69 mm 1

Width
70.11 mm 1

Ribbing
absent 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Coarseness
coarse 1

Juiciness
juicy-very juicy 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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