Schurapfel

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1951 - 200   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from Germany. Fruits have soft, coarse, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Accession name
Schurapfel

Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

Size
large-very large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
medium-strong 1

Ground Colour
Yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low 1

Greasiness
Medium 1

Firmness
soft 1

Crunch
crumbly 1

Coarseness
coarse 1

Juiciness
dry-medium 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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