Oranje de Sonnaville
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by P. Sonnaville at the Fruit Research Station, Wilhelminadorp, The Netherlands. Introduced in 1971. Fruits have rather coarse-textured, sweet flesh with a rich, aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Cox's Orange Pippin x Jonathan
Accession name
Oranje de Sonnaville
Flowering time
13th May 10% flowering
18th May Full (80%) flowering
24th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
Size
large-very large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Globose conical 1
Height
68.10 mm 1
Width
84.01 mm 1
Ribbing
weak 1
Crown
absent 1
Ground Colour
Yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1
Russet
low 1
Coarseness
coarse 1
Juiciness
juicy 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register