Kalco
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at the former Kaiser-Wilhelm Institut, Muncheberg, Germany. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1967. Fruits have a sweet, subacid, aromatic flavour.
Synonyms:
Carola
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Unknown
Fruit Size
medium b
Fruit Shape
flat, truncate-conic, convex b
Ribbing
prominent ribs at eye, ribbed on body b
Ground Colour
yellow b
Over Colour
flushed and striped red, sometimes almost entirely b
Flavour
sweet, subacid, aromatic b
Accession name
Kalco
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September a
Size
medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Truncate conical a
Ribbing
strong a
Crown
medium-strong a
Ground Colour
Yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
very low a
Greasiness
Medium a
Coarseness
coarse a
Flesh Colour
Yellowish a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register