Mantet
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at Dominion Experimental Station, Morden, Manitoba, Canada. It was introduced in 1929. Fruits have tender, fine, creamy white flesh with a sweet, subacid and aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Tetofsky x Unknown
Mother to:
State Fair
Size
medium-large 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Narrow conical 2
Height
74.50 mm 2
Width
75.50 mm 2
Ribbing
strong 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour
Orange 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
Cream 2
Accession name
Mantet
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late August 1
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References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register