Cretesc Rosu

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1958 - 099   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1957 from Romania. Fruits have coarse, very acid flesh.

Accession name
Cretesc Rosu

Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ^a

Size
medium-large ^a

Type
Culinary ^a

Shape
Broad globose conical ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
very weak ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped ^a

Russet
very low ^a

Flesh Colour
Yellowish ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.