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Canada Blanc de la Creuse
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to have arisen at Creuse, France. Described in 1947. Fruits have softish flesh with an insipid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Fleuritard, Reinette Franche
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 50.00mm 2
- Width
- 62.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- absent 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- very low 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1948 - 225
- Accession name
- Canada Blanc de la Creuse
- Flowering time ›››
- 30th May10% flowering
4th JuneFull (80%) flowering
10th June90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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