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Idaho Delicious
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A tetraploid form of Delicious. Received by the National Fruit Trials from U.S.A. in 1965. Fruits have very firm, fine-textured juicy flesh which is very sweet with a highly aromatic flavour. Very tough skin.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Sport of Delicious
Accession No.
1965 - 041
- Accession name
- Idaho Delicious
- Flowering time ›››
- 4th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
17th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Globose 1
- Ribbing
- medium 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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