Helios

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised at the Institute for Agriculture and Horticulture, Munchenberg-Mark, Germany. Introduced in 1969. Fruits have a rich, sweet flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Oldenburg x Unknown

Accession No.
1994 - 041   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Helios

Flowering time
23rd April 10% flowering
26th April Full (80%) flowering
5th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid August 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose 1

Height
56.17 mm 1

Width
65.82 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
low 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low 1

Flesh Colour
Greenish 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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