Prinses Marijke
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1935 at the Horticultural Laboratory, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Introduced in 1952. Fruits have fine, firm, tender flesh with a fairly sweet, subacid, aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Jonathan x Cox's Orange Pippin
Size
medium-large 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Flat 2
Height
55.50 mm 2
Width
70.50 mm 2
Ribbing
weak-medium 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour
Purple 2
Russet
low 2
Firmness
firm 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Prinses Marijke
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register