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Siugisdesert
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Synonyms:
- Ocenee Desertnoye, Osennee Desertnoe
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Antonovka x Wealthy
Accession No.
1976 - 107
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1975 from the Vavilov Institute, St Petersburg, Russia. Fruits have very good flavour. Scab resistant.
- Accession name
- Siugisdesert (MM106)
- Flowering time ›››
- 23rd April10% flowering
27th AprilFull (80%) flowering
5th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early September 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Globose conical 1
- Height
- 60.63 mm 1
- Width
- 78.78 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak-medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish green 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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