Fleuritard Rouge

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1950 - 160   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1950 from France. Fruits have firm, white flesh with a slightly sweet, slightly subacid flavour.

Accession name
Fleuritard Rouge (S & M)

Flowering time
30th May 10% flowering
5th May Full (80%) flowering
11th June 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
small-medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose 1

Ribbing
absent 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked 1

Russet
very low 1

Firmness
firm 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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