White Transparent

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Introduced to Western Europe in the mid 1800s from Russia or the Baltic States. Fruits have white, rather coarse-textured flesh with an acid and a little sweet flavour. Soon becomes woolly and dry.

Synonyms:

Alebastrovoe, Belui nalif, Belui naliv, Bely naliv, Belya naliv, Belyi naliv nastoiascii, Biala prozracina, Biali Nalew, Bjalij naliv, Charlottentaler, Charlottenthaler, Clar Alb, de Revel, Durchsichtiger Sommerapfel, Feher Clar, Fransk Gylling, Franzosischer Sommerapfel, Grand Sultan, Grand-Sultan, Gustav I's Munapple, Hvit Astrakan, Hvit Klarann, Hvitt Klarapple, Inflancka, Inflanckie, Jaune Transparente, Jellow Transparent, Klarapfel, Klargylling, Kornapfel, Livlander Klarapfel, Naliv beli, Naliv Belui, Naliv skvoznoi, Naliv Transparent, Nalivnoe beloe, Nalivnoie Beloie, Nalivnoje Beloje, Naliw Bjelyi, Naliwjoje heloje, Oogstappel, Paperovka, Paperuvka, Papierdwka biala, Papierowka biela, Papierowka letnia, Papirovka, Papirowka, Pipierowka letnia, Pipka Alebastrovaya, Polnischer Papierapfel, Pomme d'Aout, Pomme d'Astracan Blanche, Pomme d'Or, Pomme de Revel, Pomme Transparente, Pomme Transparente Blanche, Pomme Transparente Jaune, Prozracinoe beloe, Prusvitne Zlute, Scharlottenthaler Golba, Sen Vitgul Astrakan, Sklenene zlute, Transparent Blanch, Transparent Blanche, Transparent de St. Leger, Transparent de Zurich, Transparent Jaune, Transparente, Transparente Blanche, Transparente Blanche de St. Leger, Transparente d'Astracan, Transparente d'Ete, Transparente de Moskovie, Transparente de Muscovie d'EtT, Transparente de Saint-Leger, Transparente de St. Leger, Transparente de Zurich, Transparente Jaune, Vinapple, Vitt Klarapple, Weisser Klarapfel, Weisser Transparent, Weisser Transparentapfel, Weisser Transparente, White Transparente, Yellow Transparent, Yellow Transparente

Availability

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Mother to:

Milton

Early McIntosh

Wrixparent

Father to:

Lodi

Accession No.

2000 - 096

  

Accession name

White Transparent

Flowering time  ›››

1st May10% flowering
6th MayFull (80%) flowering
14th May90% petal fall

Picking time

Late July ¹

Size

medium ¹

Shape

Truncate conical ¹

Ribbing

weak-medium ¹

Crown

medium ¹

Ground Colour

Whitish yellow ¹

Over Colour

n/a ¹

Over Colour Amount

absent ¹

Over Colour Pattern

n/a ¹

Russet

very low ¹

Greasiness

Medium ¹

Crunch

crisp ¹

Coarseness

coarse ¹

Juiciness

juicy ¹

Flesh Colour

White ¹

References:

1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.

2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register