Prinses Beatrix

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1935 at the Horticultural Laboratory, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Fruits have firm, fine, rather tough flesh with a subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Jonathan

Fruit Size
medium to large ^b

Fruit Shape
flat, truncate-conic, convex ^b

Fruit Height
50-60 mm ^b

Fruit Width
62-74 mm ^b

Ribbing
slightly ribbed on body ^b

Ground Colour
greenish yellow ^b

Over Colour
striped and sometimes flushed orange-red to red ^b

Russet Type
russet at base and sometimes on body ^b

Flesh Colour
cream, tinged green ^b

Skin Texture
tough, slightly greasy ^b

Flesh Texture
firm, fine, rather tough ^b

Flavour
subacid ^b

Accession No.
1955 - 003   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Prinses Beatrix

Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October ^a

Size
medium-large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Globose conical ^a

Ribbing
weak ^a

Crown
absent ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
very low ^a

Greasiness
Medium ^a

Firmness
firm ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Coarseness
fine ^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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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