Libovicka Reneta

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1974 - 205   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1974 from Czechoslovakia. Fruits have sweet, soft, juicy flesh.

Accession name
Libovicka Reneta

Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak-medium 1

Ground Colour
Yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
very low 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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