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Renetta Grigia di Torriana
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
A chance seedling which originated in Torriana di Barge, Cuneo, West Piedmont, Italy. First propagated by Recco Francesco and first distributed in about 1905. Fruits have tender, yellow flesh with a sweet and perfumed flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Grigia di Torriana
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1958 - 030
- Accession name
- Renetta Grigia di Torriana
- Flowering time ›››
- 10th May10% flowering
15th MayFull (80%) flowering
22nd May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late October 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Globose 1
- Ribbing
- weak 1
- Crown
- weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- n/a 1
- Over Colour Amount
- absent 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- n/a 1
- Russet
- high-very high 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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