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Friedrich der Grosse
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to be of German origin but received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from France. Fruits have fine, rather hard flesh with a sweet, subacid, nutty flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 54.00mm 2
- Width
- 62.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Russet
- low 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1947 - 326
- Accession name
- Friedrich der Grosse
- Flowering time ›››
- 9th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
23rd May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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