Moti

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Synonyms:
Moate, Motate

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1958 - 105   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Muntii Apuseni, Romania. Fruits have very firm flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Accession name
Moti

Flowering time
16th May 10% flowering
22nd May Full (80%) flowering
30th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
medium-large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak-medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
firm 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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