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Joseph Musch
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originally found by Joseph Musch, Belgium. Recorded in 1872. Fruits are sweet to eat and also cook well. Good resistance to scab and mildew.
- Synonyms:
- Iosif Mush, Musch
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1996 - 023
- Accession name
- Joseph Musch
- Flowering time ›››
- 30th April10% flowering
3rd MayFull (80%) flowering
10th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 1
- Size
- large-very large 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Height
- 66.75 mm 1
- Width
- 89.18 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak-medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- low-medium 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Juiciness
- dry 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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