la Nationale

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised by M. Roux at Sainte-Romain-au-Mont d'Or, Rhone, France. It first fruited in 1871. Fruits have firm, sweet flesh.

Synonyms:
Bernardin, Bourget, Cusset a Fruits Rouges, Cusset Rouge, Deesse nationale, Natsionalnoe

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1947 - 056   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
La Nationale

Flowering time
22nd May 10% flowering
27th May Full (80%) flowering
3rd June 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose 1

Height
58.80 mm 1

Width
73.84 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak-medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish green 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1

Over Colour
Dark Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/washed out 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
firm 1

Crunch
crumbly 1

Juiciness
juicy 1

Flesh Colour
Greenish 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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