Oranje de Sonnaville
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by P. Sonnaville at the Fruit Research Station, Wilhelminadorp, The Netherlands. Introduced in 1971. Fruits have rather coarse-textured, sweet flesh with a rich, aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Jonathan
Accession name
Oranje de Sonnaville
Flowering time
13th May 10% flowering
18th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September a
Size
large-very large a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Globose conical a
Height
68.10 mm a
Width
84.01 mm a
Ribbing
weak a
Crown
absent a
Ground Colour
Yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
low a
Coarseness
coarse a
Juiciness
juicy a
Flesh Colour
Cream a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.