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Fil Jaune
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated from France. It was described in 1947. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a slightly sweet, slightly subacid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 52.00mm 2
- Width
- 63.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- very weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1948 - 289
- Accession name
- Fil Jaune
- Flowering time ›››
- 10th May10% flowering
15th MayFull (80%) flowering
23rd 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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