Tellisaare

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised at Pavlovsk Experimental Station, Russia. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1976 from the Vavilov Institute. Fruits have soft, white flesh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Bellefleur-Kitaika x prunifolia

Accession No.
1976 - 110   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Tellisaare (MM106)

Flowering time
29th April 10% flowering
4th May Full (80%) flowering
12th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Flat globose 1

Height
56.62 mm 1

Width
67.59 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
very weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/washed out 1

Russet
low 1

Greasiness
Medium 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Flesh Colour
White 1


References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register