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Royal Snow
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 53.50mm 2
- Width
- 70.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- very weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- high 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Medium 2
- Flesh Colour
- Greenish 2
Accession No.
1933 - 013
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1933 from Hampshire, England. Fruits have firm, tender, greenish white flesh with a slightly sweet, slightly subacid flavour.
- Accession name
- Royal Snow
- Flowering time ›››
- 10th May10% flowering
16th MayFull (80%) flowering
24th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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