Tordai Piros Kalvil

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 411   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Hungary. Fruits have soft, coarse, pale cream flesh with a sweet flavour.

Accession name
Tordai Piros Kalvil

Flowering time
29th April 10% flowering
4th May Full (80%) flowering
11th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid August 1

Size
small-medium 1

Type
Culinary / Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Ribbing
strong 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/washed out 1

Russet
very low 1

Greasiness
Medium 1

Firmness
soft 1

Coarseness
coarse 1

Juiciness
dry 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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