Directeur van de Plassche

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1935 at the Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Fruits are juicy with a slightly subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Jonathan

Fruit Size
medium ^b

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

Fruit Height
62 mm ^b

Fruit Width
62 mm ^b

Ribbing
ribbed at eye, broad ribs on body ^b

Ground Colour
golden yellow ^b

Over Colour
flushed and striped dark brownish red ^b

Russet Type
occasional coarse russet patch ^b

Flesh Colour
whitish, tinged green ^b

Flesh Texture
fine, dense ^b

Flavour
slightly subacid ^b

Accession No.
1955 - 014   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Directeur van de Plassche

Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Broad globose conical ^a

Height
60.10 mm ^a

Width
67.03 mm ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
weak-medium ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush ^a

Russet
very low ^a

Coarseness
fine ^a

Juiciness
juicy ^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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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