Dermen Winesap

Culinary / Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Tetraploid. A sport of the American variety Winesap. Fruits have firm, tender, coarse flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Sport of Winesap

Accession No.
1974 - 052   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Dermen Winesap

Flowering time
14th May 10% flowering
19th May Full (80%) flowering
26th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October 1

Size
large-very large 1

Type
Culinary / Dessert 1

Shape
Flat 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Juiciness
dry 1

Flesh Colour
Yellowish 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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