Rosso del Povero

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1958 - 038   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Italy. Fruits have firm, creamy white flesh with a little sweet and subacid flavour.

Accession name
Rosso del Povero

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose 1

Ribbing
medium 1

Crown
medium-strong 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Pink 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
very low 1

Firmness
firm 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Flesh Colour
Yellowish 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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