Cigany Alma

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1948 - 358   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Hungary. Fruits are crisp with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Accession name
Cigany Alma

Flowering time
3rd May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
15th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October 1

Size
large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Height
62.57 mm 1

Width
76.14 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
solid flush 1

Russet
low 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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