Tropical Beauty
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in about 1930 by Meredith B. Strapp, Maidstone, South Africa. First distributed in 1953 by F.B. Harrington. Named and introduced in Australia in 1958 by Longbecker Nurseries, Bunderburg. Fruits have firm, rather coarse, yellowish white flesh with a sweetish flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Tropical Beauty
Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October 1
Size
large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Globose conical 1
Height
63.93 mm 1
Width
73.83 mm 1
Ribbing
strong-very strong 1
Crown
strong-very strong 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1
Russet
very low 1
Greasiness
Medium 1
Firmness
soft 1
Coarseness
fine 1
Juiciness
dry 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register