Pilot

Apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised at the Institute of Fruit Research, Dresden-Pillnitz, Germany. Introduced in 1988. Fruits have firm, sweet flesh. Resistant to fireblight.

Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.

Accession No.
1994 - 016   fingerprint   cancel

Accession name
Pilot

Flowering time
23rd April 10% flowering
26th April Full (80%) flowering
8th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
mid october 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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