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Jeanne Hardy
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1878 by M. Hardy at the School of Horticulture, Versailles, France and named after Jeanne Hardy, his daughter. Fruits have soft, juicy, sweet flesh with no particular flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Zhanna Gardi
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Alexander x Unknown
Accession No.
1939 - 018
- Accession name
- Jeanne Hardy
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
13th MayFull (80%) flowering
21st May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- large-very large 1
- Shape
- Flat 1
- Height
- 67.65 mm 1
- Width
- 86.44 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak-medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/solid flush 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Juiciness
- juicy 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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