Underleaf (4)

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Synonyms:
Underleaf

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1967 - 092   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1967 from Long Ashton Research Station, Bristol. Fruits have a sweet, Blenheim type flavour.

Accession name
Underleaf

Flowering time
13th May 10% flowering
17th May Full (80%) flowering
22nd May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late September 1

Size
large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose 1

Height
66.67 mm 1

Width
75.66 mm 1

Ribbing
medium 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1

Russet
low 1

Greasiness
Strong 1

Firmness
firm 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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