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Lindel
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1939 at the Smithfield Experimental Farm, Ontario, Canada. It was introduced in 1971. Fruits have juicy, cream-coloured flesh which is slightly coarse but firm in texture. Moderate acidity.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Richared Delicious x Linda
Accession No.
1975 - 208
- Accession name
- Lindel
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
19th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Truncate conical 1
- Ribbing
- strong 1
- Crown
- strong 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium-high 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Coarseness
- coarse 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019