Muntenesti
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1948 - 645
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Romania. Fruits have compact, very white flesh with an acid flavour.
- Accession name
- Muntenesti
- Flowering time ›››
- 14th May10% flowering
19th MayFull (80%) flowering 25th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Late October 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Truncate conical 1
- Ribbing
- medium-strong 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
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