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Breitling
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to be of German origin. It was introduced in about 1879 to England by Thomas Rivers. Fruits are very sweet.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1947 - 474
- Accession name
- Breitling
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
19th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- large-very large 1
- Shape
- Globose 1
- Height
- 77.00 mm 1
- Width
- 89.49 mm 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- low-medium 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Juiciness
- juicy 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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