Dalice
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised between 1933 and 1937 by A.C. Nash, Scutes Farm, Hastings, Sussex. Fruits have coarse, soft, dry flesh with a subacid to sweet, insipid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Unknown
Size
medium b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Conical b
Height
51.00 mm b
Width
64.00 mm b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour
Brown b
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped b
Firmness
soft b
Coarseness
coarse b
Juiciness
dry b
Flesh Colour
White b
Accession name
Dalice
Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register