Oriole

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1914 in Excelsior, Minnesota, USA by the University of Minnesota Fruit Breeding Farm. Introduced in 1949. Fruits have soft, coarse flesh with a slightly sweet and slightly subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Father to:
State Fair

Accession No.
1951 - 067   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Oriole

Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid August 1

Size
large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose 1

Height
75.53 mm 1

Width
77.38 mm 1

Ribbing
medium 1

Crown
medium-strong 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/washed out 1

Russet
absent 1

Firmness
soft 1

Coarseness
fine 1

Juiciness
juicy 1

Flesh Colour
White 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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