Fromme Scab Resistant

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1953 - 165   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1953 from Virginia Agricultural Station, USA. Fruits have firm, coarse flesh with a very acid flavour.

Accession name
Fromme Scab Resistant

Flowering time
15th May 10% flowering
21st May Full (80%) flowering
28th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

Size
small 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose 1

Ribbing
weak 1

Crown
very weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish green 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1

Russet
low 1

Greasiness
Medium 1

Firmness
firm 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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