Pikkolo

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised at the Institute of Fruit Research, Dresden-Pillnitz, Germany. Fruits have sweet, crisp flesh.

Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.

Parentage:
Clivia x Auralia

Accession No.
1994 - 054   fingerprint   cancel

Accession name
Pikkolo

Flowering time
29th April 10% flowering
1st May Full (80%) flowering
11th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late September 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Height
60.01 mm 1

Width
65.91 mm 1

Ribbing
weak 1

Crown
weak-medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
very low 1

Firmness
soft-medium 1

Flesh Colour
Cream 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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