Directeur van de Plassche

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1935 at the Institute for Horticultural Plant Breeding, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Fruits are juicy with a slightly subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Jonathan

Accession No.
1955 - 014   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Directeur van de Plassche

Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Broad globose conical 1

Height
60.10 mm 1

Width
67.03 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak-medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/solid flush 1

Russet
very low 1

Coarseness
fine 1

Juiciness
juicy 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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