Atalanta (Netherlands)
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1935 by Professor Sprenger at Wageningen, The Netherlands. Fruits have firm flesh with an aromatic flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Atalanta
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Reinette Rouge Etoilee x Cox's Orange Pippin
Accession No.
1955 - 013
- Accession name
- Atalanta (Netherlands)
- Flowering time ›››
- 9th May10% flowering
13th MayFull (80%) flowering 20th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Late September 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Height
- 66.73 mm 1
- Width
- 68.29 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- absent 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium-high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Coarseness
- coarse 1
- Juiciness
- juicy 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 1

- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
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