Prinses Beatrix

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1935 at the Horticultural Laboratory, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Fruits have firm, fine, rather tough flesh with a subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Jonathan

Accession No.
1955 - 003   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Prinses Beatrix

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

Size
medium-large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Ribbing
weak 1

Crown
absent 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
very low 1

Greasiness
Medium 1

Firmness
firm 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Coarseness
fine 1

Juiciness
juicy 1

Flesh Colour
Yellowish 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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