Mere de Baia

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 688   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Romania. Fruits have crisp, coarse, creamy white flesh with a slightly sweet, subacid flavour.

Accession name
Mere de Baia

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid September 1

Size
large 1

Type
Culinary / Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak 1

Crown
weak-medium 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
Pink 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/washed out 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
soft 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Coarseness
coarse 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register