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Gian Andre
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1958 - 028
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Italy. Fruits have firm, fine, tender flesh with an insipid flavour.
- Accession name
- Gian Andre
- Flowering time ›››
- 16th May10% flowering
21st MayFull (80%) flowering
28th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late October 1
- Size
- medium-large 1
- Shape
- Truncate conical 1
- Ribbing
- strong 1
- Crown
- strong 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low-medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Crunch
- crumbly 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019