Violetta

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1958 - 164   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Italy. Fruits have firm, fine, creamy white flesh with a subacid and slightly sweet flavour.

Accession name
Violetta

Flowering time
12th May 10% flowering
16th May Full (80%) flowering
23rd May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October ¹

Size
medium-large ¹

Type
Dessert ¹

Shape
Globose ¹

Ribbing
weak-medium ¹

Crown
weak-medium ¹

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ¹

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ¹

Over Colour
Red ¹

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush ¹

Russet
low ¹

Firmness
firm ¹

Crunch
crumbly ¹

Coarseness
fine ¹

Flesh Colour
Yellowish ¹

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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