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Nasona
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to have originated near Modena, Italy. It was described in 1949 but older than this. Fruits have fine, crisp, creamy white flesh with a slightly sweet, slightly subacid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Jusfet de Sezar, Pom de Sezar
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1958 - 155
- Accession name
- Nasona
- Flowering time ›››
- 9th May10% flowering
13th MayFull (80%) flowering
21st May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Oblong conical 1
- Height
- 72.45 mm 1
- Width
- 67.80 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak-medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low-medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Coarseness
- fine 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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