Desse de Buff
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Exhibited 1900. From Received from Wrest Park, Silsoe, Bedfordshire (exhibited by Laxton's of Bedford as a local apple), England.
Synonyms:
Dessin de Boeuf
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Material held in the East of England Apples & Orchards Project
Size
medium-large b
Type
Culinary b
Shape
Flat b
Height
53.00 mm b
Width
67.50 mm b
Ribbing
medium b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour
Orange b
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked b
Russet
low b
Firmness
firm b
Flesh Colour
White b
Received by the National Fruit Trials from Wrest Park, Bedfordshire. It was exhibited in 1900 by Laxton's of Bedford as a local apple called Dessin de Boeuf. Fruits have firm flesh with an acid flavour.
Accession name
Desse de Buff
Flowering time
13th May 10% flowering
19th May Full (80%) flowering
27th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register