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Brettacher Samling
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Synonyms:
- Brettacher, Bretttacher
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1951 - 165
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from Germany. Fruits have coarse, crisp flesh with an acid flavour.
- Accession name
- Brettacher Samling
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
13th MayFull (80%) flowering
20th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late October 1
- Size
- large-very large 1
- Shape
- Flat globose 1
- Height
- 69.73 mm 1
- Width
- 87.52 mm 1
- Ribbing
- medium 1
- Crown
- weak 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/washed out 1
- Russet
- very low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Coarseness
- coarse 1
- Juiciness
- juicy-very 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019