Budimka
Culinary apple
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Received 1936. From Budimlje County (although it may have been imported from the East of Serbia originally), Serbia. At one time it was the main variety of Serbia, particularly in the regions of Moravica and Ibar.
Synonyms:
Boudinica, Dulabija, Ruzicarka, Senabija, Stambolka, Tafetica
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Fruit Size
large b
Fruit Shape
flat, conic, convex b
Fruit Height
55-66 mm b
Fruit Width
71-82 mm b
Ribbing
ribbed at eye and on body b
Ground Colour
whitish yellow b
Over Colour
slightly flushed orange b
Russet Type
dotted b
Flesh Colour
white b
Flesh Texture
crisp, tender b
Flavour
sweet, subacid, insipid b
Tree
upright b
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1936 from Yugoslavia. Fruits have crisp flesh with a rather insipid, sweet subacid flavour.
Accession name
Budimka
Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
14th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
Size
large-very large a
Type
Culinary a
Shape
Flat globose a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
weak a
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out/solid flush a
Russet
low a
Greasiness
Medium a
Crunch
medium a
Juiciness
juicy a
Flesh Colour
White a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register