Dukat

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Golden Delicious x Cox's Orange Pippin

Accession No.
1974 - 203   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1974 from Czechoslovakia. Fruits have rather coarse-textured flesh with a very sweet flavour.

Accession name
Dukat

Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October ^a

Size
large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Globose conical ^a

Ribbing
weak ^a

Crown
medium ^a

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
low-medium ^a

Firmness
firm-very firm ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Juiciness
juicy ^a

Flesh Colour
Yellowish ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.