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Marroi Rouge
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 62.50mm 2
- Width
- 73.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- strong 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- mottled 2
- Russet
- low 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
1948 - 286
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from France. Fruits have firm, coarse, greenish white flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
- Accession name
- Marroi Rouge
- Flowering time ›››
- 15th May10% flowering
21st MayFull (80%) flowering
30th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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