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Rhode Island Greening (4n)
Tetraploid form of Rhode Island Greening. Fruits have rather coarse-textured, juicy flesh with a pleasant flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1965 - 044
- Accession name
- Rhode Island Greening (4x)
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 1
- Size
- large-very large 1
- Shape
- Flat 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish green 1
- Over Colour
- Brown 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/washed out 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019