Florina

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Complex parentage involving Rome Beauty, Golden Delicious, Starking, Simpsons Giant Limb and Jonathan. A scab resistant variety raised at the Station de Recherches d'Arboriculture Fruitiere, Angers, France. Fruits tend to be rather tart and acid.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Complex - see description x Complex - see description

Accession No.
1978 - 342   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Florina

Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
5th May Full (80%) flowering
14th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low 1

Flesh Colour
Yellowish 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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