Legana

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in about 1940 by J. Bulman, Legana, Tasmania, Australia. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Democrat x Delicious

Accession No.
1952 - 225   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Legana

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Height
57.78 mm 1

Width
64.69 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak-medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1

Over Colour
Pink 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/washed out 1

Russet
very low 1

Firmness
firm 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Coarseness
fine 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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