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Teint Frais
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in Brittany, France. Known since the late 1700s. Fruits have firm, fine, white flesh with an acid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- D-elle de Kerlivio, Kerlivio, Pomme Kerlivio, Teint-Frais, Teinte Frais, Ten-fre
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1947 - 155
- Accession name
- Teint Frais
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
13th MayFull (80%) flowering
21st May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- large-very large 1
- Shape
- Flat globose 1
- Height
- 66.31 mm 1
- Width
- 83.04 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low-medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- washed out/solid flush 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Crunch
- crumbly 1
- Coarseness
- fine 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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