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Bassard
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Flat globose 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 50.00mm 2
- Width
- 65.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
1948 - 311
Received by the National Fruit Trials from France. It was described in 1948. Fruits have firm, coarse flesh with a rather acid flavour.
- Accession name
- Bassard (Seine & Marne)
- Flowering time ›››
- 18th May10% flowering
24th MayFull (80%) flowering
31st May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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