Nigde
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 54.00mm 2
- Width
- 60.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium-strong 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1947 - 383
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from Turkey. Fruits have fairly coarse, crisp flesh with a fairly sweet flavour.
- Accession name
- Nigde
- Flowering time ›››
- 30th April10% flowering
5th MayFull (80%) flowering 12th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
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