Kosmonaut

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Haptmanova

Accession No.
1974 - 204   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1974 from Czechoslovakia. Fruits have soft, juicy flesh.

Accession name
Kosmonaut

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ^a

Size
large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Truncate conical ^a

Ribbing
weak ^a

Crown
weak ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
low ^a

Firmness
soft ^a

Juiciness
juicy ^a

Flesh Colour
Yellowish ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.