Verite

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Originated in France. Recorded in 1876. Fruits have firm, greenish white flesh with a slightly sweet, subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 283   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Verite

Flowering time
21st May 10% flowering
26th May Full (80%) flowering
4th June 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Height
59.49 mm 1

Width
67.58 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
absent 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush 1

Russet
very low 1

Greasiness
Medium 1

Firmness
firm 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Juiciness
juicy 1

Flesh Colour
Greenish 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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