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Grosse Saulette
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A sport of Saulette, a French apple from Germany. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with an acid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Narrow conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 51.00mm 2
- Width
- 57.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- low 2
- Russet
- low 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1948 - 318
- Accession name
- Grosse Saulette
- Flowering time ›››
- 12th May10% flowering
17th MayFull (80%) flowering
25th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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