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Signe Tillisch
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in about 1866 by Councillor Tillisch and named after his daughter. First described in 1889. Fruits have loose, soft, creamy white flesh with a sweet, subacid, aromatic flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Signe Tillish, Sini Tillis
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Parentage:
- Calville Blanc d'Hiver x Unknown
- Father to:
- Astillisch
- Shape
- Flat globose 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 75.00mm 2
- Width
- 84.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Pink 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- low 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Strong 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1927 - 007
- Accession name
- Signe Tillisch
- Flowering time ›››
- 5th May10% flowering
10th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early September 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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