Kandile

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1957 - 076   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1957 from Bulgaria. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a subacid flavour.

Accession name
Kandile

Flowering time
13th May 10% flowering
18th May Full (80%) flowering
26th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

Size
medium-large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak-medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low 1

Over Colour
Brown 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
soft 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Juiciness
dry-medium 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register