Sabaros

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1947 - 319   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1974 from Prague University, Czechoslovakia. Fruits have soft, juicy flesh with a sweet flavour.

Accession name
Sabaros

Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
large 1

Type
Culinary / Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Height
61.58 mm 1

Width
74.78 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
very weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/washed out 1

Russet
low 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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