Mimi

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1935 at the Horticultural Laboratory, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Fruits have fine, soft, yellow flesh with a sweet subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Jonathan x Cox's Orange Pippin

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
flat, truncate-conic, convex ^b

Fruit Height
54 mm ^b

Fruit Width
65 mm ^b

Ribbing
not ribbed ^b

Ground Colour
yellow ^b

Over Colour
striped orange and bright red ^b

Russet Type
russet dots ^b

Flesh Colour
yellow ^b

Flesh Texture
fine, soft ^b

Flavour
sweet, subacid ^b

Accession No.
1955 - 012   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Mimi

Flowering time
10th May 10% flowering
15th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October ^a

Size
small-medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Globose conical ^a

Ribbing
weak ^a

Crown
very weak ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
low ^a

Firmness
very firm ^a

Crunch
crisp-very 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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register