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Meri de Saminta
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Conical 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 59.00mm 2
- Width
- 68.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- mottled 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Medium 2
- Coarseness
- medium-coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
1948 - 642
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Romania. Fruits have firm, somewhat coarse, greenish white flesh with an acid flavour.
- Accession name
- Meri de Saminta
- Flowering time ›››
- 11th May10% flowering
17th MayFull (80%) flowering
25th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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