Alfa 68
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1937 at the Horticultural Research Station, Alnarp, Sweden. It was introduced in 1954. Fruits have firm, tender, juicy, acid flesh, with a good flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Belle de Boskoop x Fillippa
Father to:
Alnarps Favorit
Accession name
Alfa 68
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
Size
large 1
Type
Culinary 1
Shape
Broad globose conical 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
very weak 1
Ground Colour
Green yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
low 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1
Russet
low-medium 1
Firmness
soft 1
Crunch
crisp 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register