Perrine Yellow Transparent
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A tetraploid bud mutation of White Transparent, ripening one week earlier. Discovered in about 1930 by D.B. Perrine in Centralia, Illinois, USA. Introduced in 1961. Fruits have white, rather coarse-textured, acid flesh with little flavour.
Synonyms:
Giant Transparent, Giant Yellow Transparent, Grandparent, Large Transparent (Perrine), Large Yellow Transparent
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Perrine Yellow Transparent (NY)
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late July 1
Size
large 1
Type
Culinary / Dessert 1
Shape
Broad globose conical 1
Height
59.67 mm 1
Width
73.86 mm 1
Ribbing
strong 1
Crown
medium 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1
Russet
low 1
Crunch
crisp 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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