Gros-Api
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Said to have originated in the Forest of Api in Brittany, France. It was recorded in 1628. Fruits have firm, fine, white flesh with a sweet, subacid and perfumed flavour.
Synonyms:
Api Blanc, Api Bolshoe, Api Double, Api grand, Api Grande, Api gros, Api Grosse, Api le gros, Api rose, de Rose, Dieu, Doppelter Api, Double Api, Double Rose, Double-Api, Double-Rose, Drap d'Or (Villeneuve d'Agen), Gros Api, Gros Api d'Hiver, Gros Api rouge, Gros- Api d'Hiver, Gros-Api rouge, Gros-Apis, Grosse Pomme de de Long-Bois, Grosse-Pomme de Long- Bois, Grosser Api, Grosser Apis, Large Lady Apple, Passe Rose, Passe-Rose, Poma Rosa, Pomme d'Api Gros, Pomme d'Api-Gros, Pomme de Rose, Pomme Dieu, Pomme Rose, Rose, Rose de l'Agenais, Rose de l'Angenais, Rose de Provence, Rose Double Api, Rosen Apfel, Rosen Api, Rosenapfel, Rosenapi, Rubenapfel, Rubin, Rubis, Vermillon, Vermillon Rubis
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Gros-Api
Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late October 1
Size
medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Flat 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
medium-strong 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
low 1
Over Colour
Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1
Russet
low-medium 1
Firmness
firm 1
Crunch
crisp 1
Coarseness
fine 1
Flesh Colour
White 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register