Linda
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Canada. It first fruited in 1908 and introduced in about 1925. Fruits have fairly crisp, tender, white flesh with a sweet, subacid and aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Langford Beauty x Unknown
Father to:
Karmen
Lindel
Accession name
Linda
Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
7th May Full (80%) flowering
13th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late September 1
Size
large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Globose 1
Height
62.66 mm 1
Width
70.08 mm 1
Ribbing
absent 1
Crown
absent 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1
Over Colour
Pink 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/washed out 1
Russet
low 1
Greasiness
Medium 1
Crunch
crisp 1
Coarseness
fine 1
Juiciness
juicy 1
Flesh Colour
White 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register