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Blanc Sur
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 52.50mm 2
- Width
- 61.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Brown 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- low 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1948 - 247
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from France. Fruits have crisp, coarse, yellowish-white flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
- Accession name
- Blanc Sur (Orne)
- Flowering time ›››
- 1st June10% flowering
6th JuneFull (80%) flowering
13th June90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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