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Spaanse Keiing
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in East Flanders, Belgium. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948. Fruits have firm, rather coarse, whitish flesh with an acid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1948 - 599
- Accession name
- Spaanse Keiing
- Flowering time ›››
- 10th May10% flowering
16th MayFull (80%) flowering
24th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late October 1
- Size
- medium 1
- Shape
- Oblong 1
- Ribbing
- strong 1
- Crown
- medium-strong 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Coarseness
- coarse 1
- Juiciness
- dry-medium 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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