Pobeda Chernenko

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised by Chernenko, Vavilov Institute, St Petersburg, Russia. Known in 1953. Fruits have firm, crisp, juicy flesh with a refreshing flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Antonovka x Pepin Londondski

Accession No.
1975 - 007   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Pobeda Chernenko

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late September ^a

Size
large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Flat ^a

Height
53.17 mm ^a

Width
73.14 mm ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
medium ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish green ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
absent ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out ^a

Russet
low ^a

Firmness
soft-medium ^a

Flesh Colour
Greenish ^a

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References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.