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Giant Geniton
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Oblong 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 55.00mm 2
- Width
- 64.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- absent 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish green 2
- Over Colour
- Pink 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1953 - 150
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1950 from New Zealand. Fruits have fine, firm, crisp flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.
- Accession name
- Giant Geniton
- Flowering time ›››
- 4th May10% flowering
10th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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