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Abondance
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to be of French origin. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947. Fruits have a rather coarse, dry, white flesh which soon discolours. Flavour is sweet to subacid.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in Tidnor Wood National Collection® of Malus (Cider making)
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 65.50mm 2
- Width
- 72.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- low 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1947 - 260
- Accession name
- Abondance
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
15th MayFull (80%) flowering
23rd May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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