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Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
intermediate to tall, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex ^b

Ribbing
ribbed at eye ^b

Ground Colour
pale yellow ^b

Over Colour
flushed pink ^b

Russet Type
greenish or whitish dots ^b

Flesh Colour
white ^b

Flesh Texture
very tender, loose texture ^b

Flavour
sweet, subacid ^b

Tree
spreading ^b

Accession No.
1949 - 170   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Glogerovka

Flowering time
28th April 10% flowering
4th May Full (80%) flowering
11th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid September ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Globose conical ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
weak ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out/solid flush ^a

Russet
very low ^a

Firmness
soft ^a

Flesh Colour
White ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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