Mantet
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at Dominion Experimental Station, Morden, Manitoba, Canada. It was introduced in 1929. Fruits have tender, fine, creamy white flesh with a sweet, subacid and aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Tetofsky x Unknown
Mother to:
State Fair
Size
medium-large b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Narrow conical b
Height
74.50 mm b
Width
75.50 mm b
Ribbing
strong b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour
Orange b
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked b
Coarseness
fine b
Flesh Colour
Cream b
Accession name
Mantet
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late August a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register