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Mio
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1932 at the Horticultural Research Station, Alnarp, Sweden by Emil Johansson. Fruits have soft, white tinged pink flesh with a rather insipid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Worcester Pearmain x Oranier Pepelin
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 58.50mm 2
- Width
- 68.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish green 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Strong 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1955 - 066
- Accession name
- Mio
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
13th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early September 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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