Pomme Noire

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1973 - 118   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1973 from France. Fruits have sweet, pale green flesh with a sweet flavour.

Accession name
Pomme Noire

Flowering time
29th April 10% flowering
3rd May Full (80%) flowering
12th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Broad globose conical ^a

Ribbing
weak ^a

Crown
weak ^a

Ground Colour
Green ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
high ^a

Over Colour
Brown ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush ^a

Russet
absent ^a

Flesh Colour
Greenish ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.