Legana

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in about 1940 by J. Bulman, Legana, Tasmania, Australia. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Democrat x Delicious

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
flat, truncateconic, convex ^b

Fruit Height
50 mm ^b

Fruit Width
58 mm ^b

Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye ^b

Ground Colour
yellowish green ^b

Over Colour
flushed dark red ^b

Russet Type
sometimes netted russet ^b

Flesh Colour
greenish white ^b

Flesh Texture
firm, fine ^b

Flavour
sweet, subacid ^b

Accession No.
1952 - 225   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Legana

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Globose conical ^a

Height
57.78 mm ^a

Width
64.69 mm ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
weak-medium ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium ^a

Over Colour
Pink ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/washed out ^a

Russet
very low ^a

Firmness
firm ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Coarseness
fine ^a

Flesh Colour
White ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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