Mere de Baia
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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