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Rosioare Calugaresti
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 51.00mm 2
- Width
- 62.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Dark Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Russet
- low 2
- Greasiness
- Medium 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1948 - 647
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Romania. Fruits have firm, fine, crisp, whitish flesh with a subacid, pineapple-like flavour.
- Accession name
- Rosioare Calugaresti
- Flowering time ›››
- 2nd May10% flowering
6th MayFull (80%) flowering
14th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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