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Vernajoux
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in France. Described in 1947. Fruits have firm, tough, white tinged green flesh with a slightly sweet flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- small-medium 2
- Height
- 33.50mm 2
- Width
- 51.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped/mottled 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1947 - 204
- Accession name
- Vernajou
- Flowering time ›››
- 15th May10% flowering
22nd MayFull (80%) flowering
28th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late October 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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