Kansas Queen

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Synonyms:
Nouvelle Europe

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1973 - 251   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1973 from France. Fruits have crisp, juicy, white flesh with a vinous flavour.

Accession name
Kansas Queen

Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early September 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Height
56.67 mm 1

Width
62.40 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
very high 1

Over Colour
Dark Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
solid flush 1

Russet
low 1

Greasiness
Strong 1

Coarseness
fine 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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