Pomme de Feu (Indre)

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 213   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from France. Fruits have firm, fine, creamy white flesh with a slightly subacid flavour.

Accession name
Pomme de Feu (Indre)

Flowering time
14th May 10% flowering
21st May Full (80%) flowering
29th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
small-medium 1

Type
Culinary 1

Shape
Flat globose 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1

Russet
low 1

Greasiness
Strong 1

Firmness
firm 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Coarseness
fine 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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