Rouget

Dessert / Cider apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 278   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Cotes-du-Nord, France. Fruits have fairly crisp, tender white flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Accession name
Rouget (Cotes du Nord)

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late September ¹

Size
medium ¹

Type
Dessert / Cider ¹

Shape
Flat globose ¹

Crown
medium ¹

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ¹

Over Colour (Amount)
high ¹

Over Colour
Red ¹

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush ¹

Greasiness
Medium ¹

Crunch
crisp ¹

Flesh Colour
White ¹

References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register