Pero Dourado

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Accession No.
1952 - 031   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1952 from Portugal. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a subacid flavour.

Accession name
Pero Dourada

Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

Size
small-medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Oblong conical 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/washed out 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
firm 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Coarseness
fine 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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