Apple
A more highly coloured clone of Melrose. It arose with nurseryman Charles Andre, France. Fruits have firm, juicy flesh with a pleasant, faintly aromatic flavour.
Availability Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
Parentage: Sport of Melrose (2)
Accession name Dugamel
Flowering time 7th May 10% flowering 10th May Full (80%) flowering14th May 90% petal fall
Picking time early october 1
References: 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale. 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register