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Opetian
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Flat globose 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 63.00mm 2
- Width
- 75.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Pink 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Greasiness
- Medium 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1953 - 048
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1953 from John Innes Institute, Merton, London. Fruits have soft, coarse, creamy white flesh with a slightly subacid flavour.
- Accession name
- Opetian
- Flowering time ›››
- 4th May10% flowering
9th MayFull (80%) flowering
14th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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