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Transparente de Croncels
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Ernest Baltet and introduced in 1869 by Baltet FrFres, Croncels, Troyes, France. Fruits have soft, rather coarse, dry, creamy white flesh with a sweetish and slightly aromatic flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Apfel aus Croncels, Apfel von Croncels, Croncels, Croncels Transparent, Croncelské, Croncelské, Cronselska, Cronselske, Durchsichtiger aus Croncels, Eisapfel aus Croncels, Eisapfel von Croncels, Glasapfel, Glasapfel aus Croncels, Kronselska, Kronselskoe prazrachnoe, Kronselskoe Prozrachnoe, Olivka Kronselska, Oliwka Kronselska, Pomme de Croncels, Prozracinoe Kronseliskoe, Rosen Apfel von Croncels, Transparent de Concelles, Transparent de Conseils, Transparent de Croncelles, Transparent de Croncels, Transparent von Croncels, Transparentapfel, Transparentapfel von Croncels, Yellow Transparent
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Mother to:
- Transparente de Bois-Guillaume
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 2
- Size
- large 2
- Height
- 55.00mm 2
- Width
- 70.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Weak 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Juiciness
- dry 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1948 - 683
- Accession name
- Transparente de Croncels
- Flowering time ›››
- 2nd May10% flowering
7th MayFull (80%) flowering
15th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early September 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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