Verdona

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1958 - 162   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Italy. Fruits have crisp, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.

Accession name
Verdona

Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ¹

Size
small-medium ¹

Type
Culinary / Dessert ¹

Shape
Conical ¹

Ribbing
strong ¹

Crown
medium ¹

Ground Colour
Whitish green ¹

Over Colour (Amount)
very low ¹

Over Colour
Brown ¹

Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/washed out ¹

Russet
low ¹

Firmness
firm-very firm ¹

Crunch
crisp ¹

Flesh Colour
Cream ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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