Gros Doux Blanc
Cider apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
Accession No.
1999 - 042
Received by the National Fruit Collection, Brogdale in 1990 from Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol.
- Accession name
- Gros Doux Blanc
- Flowering time ›››
- 25th April10% flowering
28th AprilFull (80%) flowering 7th May90% petal fall
- Size
- medium-large 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Height
- 62.50 mm 1
- Width
- 75.90 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak-medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Brown 1
- Over Colour Amount
- very low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- mottled 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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