Durello
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
An apple of Italian origin. It was described in 1949 but is thought to be much older. Fruits have firm flesh with a sweet, subacid, slightly perfumed flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Durello
Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
Size
small-medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Flat 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
weak-medium 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
very low 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1
Russet
very low 1
Firmness
firm 1
Flesh Colour
White 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register