Krasava

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.

Parentage:
Otcovo x Wagener

Accession No.
1978 - 134   fingerprint   cancel

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1982 from Czechoslovakia. Fruits have soft, sweet juicy white flesh.

Accession name
Krasava

Flowering time
28th April 10% flowering
4th May Full (80%) flowering
12th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late August 1

Size
large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose 1

Height
64.09 mm 1

Width
79.88 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak-medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium-high 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 1

Russet
low 1

Flesh Colour
Greenish 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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