Elektra
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Prof. M. Schmidt at the Agricultural Research Station, Munchenberg, Germany. Fruits have firm, juicy, sweet flesh with a good Cox-like flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Geheimrat Doktor Oldenburg
Accession name
Elektra
Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
7th May Full (80%) flowering
14th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October a
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Globose a
Ribbing
very weak a
Crown
weak a
Ground Colour
Green yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
low-medium a
Crunch
crisp a
Juiciness
juicy a
Flesh Colour
Yellowish a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.