Verde Doncella

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1957 - 082   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1957 from Spain. Fruits have hard white flesh.

Accession name
Verde Doncella

Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
23rd May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

Size
large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose 1

Height
62.05 mm 1

Width
77.52 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1

Russet
very low 1

Crunch
crisp-very 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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