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Astrachan Large Fruited
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Found in the 1850s near Stockholm, Sweden by E. Lindgren and introduced by him in the early 1860s. Fruits have firm, cream flesh with a sweet and subacid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Klarapple, Lindgrens Astrakan, Stor Klar Astrakan
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- White Astrachan x Unknown
- Shape
- Flat globose 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 62.00mm 2
- Width
- 70.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- strong 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- low 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1927 - 017
- Accession name
- Astrachan Large Fruited
- Flowering time ›››
- 28th April10% flowering
4th MayFull (80%) flowering
11th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early August 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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