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Szacsvay Tafota
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in Transylvania, Hungary. Recorded in 1876. Fruits have crisp, somewhat coarse flesh with a slightly sweet and subacid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Szacsvari taffota
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1948 - 405
- Accession name
- Szacsvay Tafota
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late September 1
- Size
- small 1
- Shape
- Flat globose 1
- Ribbing
- very weak 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish green 1
- Over Colour
- n/a 1
- Over Colour Amount
- absent 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- n/a 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Coarseness
- coarse 1
- Juiciness
- juicy 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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