Jan Steen
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at the Plant Breeding Laboratory, Wageningen, The Netherlands. It was received by the National Fruit Trials in 1955. Fruits have fairly crisp, fine flesh with a slightly acid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Sternreinette (Reinette Rouge Etoilee) x Cox's Orange Pippin
Size
medium-large 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Truncate conical 2
Height
60.50 mm 2
Width
70.00 mm 2
Ribbing
medium 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
high-very high 2
Over Colour
Pink 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Russet
very low 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
Cream 2
Accession name
Jan Steen
Flowering time
11th May 10% flowering
18th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register