Fenouillet de Ribours
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Found in the garden of La Rouairie, Maine-et-Loire, France. Distributed by M. de la Perraudiere. It first fruited in 1840. Fruits have fine, white flesh with a sweet, subacid, aniseed perfumed flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Fenouillet de Ribours
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
Size
large a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Broad globose conical a
Ribbing
strong-very strong a
Crown
medium-strong a
Ground Colour
Green yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
very low a
Over Colour
Red a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
high a
Juiciness
dry-medium a
Flesh Colour
White a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.