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Madoue Rouge
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in Nieul (Haute-Vienne), France. Described in 1947. Fruits have tough, yellowish flesh with sweet subacid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Madou
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- high-very high 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1947 - 180
- Accession name
- Madoue Rouge
- Flowering time ›››
- 26th May10% flowering
31st MayFull (80%) flowering
8th June90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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