Pladei
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 61.50mm 2
- Width
- 75.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- strong 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- very low 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Strong 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1948 - 608
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Belgium. Fruits have firm, crisp flesh with a subacid flavour.
- Accession name
- Pladei
- Flowering time ›››
- 4th May10% flowering
9th MayFull (80%) flowering 16th May90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
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