Fleuritard

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1947 - 213   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from France. Fruits have fine, tender flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Accession name
Fleuritard

Flowering time
23rd May 10% flowering
29th May Full (80%) flowering
6th June 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
absent 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/solid flush 1

Russet
low 1

Greasiness
Medium 1

Coarseness
coarse 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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