Kansas Queen
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Synonyms:
- Nouvelle Europe
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1973 - 251
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 May10% flowering
15th MayFull (80%) flowering 21st May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Early September 1
- Size
- medium 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
- Dark Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- very high 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
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