Tellina

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1958 - 151   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Italy. Fruits have firm, fine, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Accession name
Tellina

Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
small 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled/solid flush 1

Russet
low 1

Greasiness
Strong 1

Firmness
very firm 1

Crunch
crisp-very crisp 1

Coarseness
very fine 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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