Orbai Alma
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in Hungary. Recorded in 1882. Fruits have soft, coarse, greenish white flesh with a very acid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Apfel von Orba, Magotlan, Orbaischer Apfel, Orbaiskaya verba-yablonya, Orbaiskaya Yablonya, Orbay-Alma, Orbayscher Apfel, Pomme Orbai, Waiden Apfel, Weiden Apfel
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1948 - 396
- Accession name
- Orbai Alma
- Flowering time ›››
- 1st May10% flowering
6th MayFull (80%) flowering 13th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Mid September 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Height
- 69.03 mm 1
- Width
- 69.62 mm 1
- Ribbing
- medium-strong 1
- Crown
- weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low-medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Coarseness
- coarse 1
- Juiciness
- dry 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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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