Oranje de Sonnaville

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised by P. Sonnaville at the Fruit Research Station, Wilhelminadorp, The Netherlands. Introduced in 1971. Fruits have rather coarse-textured, sweet flesh with a rich, aromatic flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Jonathan

Accession No.
1974 - 289   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Oranje de Sonnaville

Flowering time
13th May 10% flowering
18th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid September 1

Size
large-very large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Height
68.10 mm 1

Width
84.01 mm 1

Ribbing
weak 1

Crown
absent 1

Ground Colour
Yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low 1

Coarseness
coarse 1

Juiciness
juicy 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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