Carrata
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Synonyms:
- Callera Dolce
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1958 - 156
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1958 from Italy. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a slightly subacid flavour.
- Accession name
- Carrata
- Flowering time ›››
- 9th May10% flowering
13th MayFull (80%) flowering 20th May90% petal fall
- Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- large 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Ribbing
- medium-strong 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- very low 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/washed out 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Coarseness
- fine 1
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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