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Filippa
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in about 1880 by Filippa Johannsen of Hundstrup, South Fyn Island, Denmark. Received a First Class Certificate by the Danish Horticultural Society. Fruits have fine, tender flesh, with a subacid and slightly sweet flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Danskt Filippeapple, Filippa's Aeble, Filippa's Apfel
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Gravenstein x Unknown
- Shape
- Oblong 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 66.00mm 2
- Width
- 72.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- low 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1927 - 023
- Accession name
- Filippa
- Flowering time ›››
- 10th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
21st 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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