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Gros-Hopital
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Triploid. Originated long before 1864 at Seine-Inferieure (Maritime), France. Fruits have crisp flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Bailleuil, Bailleul, de Cure, Gros Hopital, Gros Hospital, Reinette d'Hopital, Reinette de Bailleul
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked/mottled 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- medium 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1950 - 153
- Accession name
- Gros-Hopital
- Flowering time ›››
- 9th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
23rd 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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