Arditi

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1958 - 027   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Italy. Fruits have firm, greenish-white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Accession name
Arditi

Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
medium-large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Flat globose 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish green 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
absent 1

Greasiness
Medium 1

Firmness
firm 1

Coarseness
fine 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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