Pobeda Chernenko

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised by Chernenko, Vavilov Institute, St Petersburg, Russia. Known in 1953. Fruits have firm, crisp, juicy flesh with a refreshing flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Antonovka x Pepin Londondski

Accession No.
1975 - 007   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Pobeda Chernenko

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late September 1

Size
large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Flat 1

Height
53.17 mm 1

Width
73.14 mm 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
medium 1

Ground Colour
Whitish green 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
soft-medium 1

Flesh Colour
Greenish 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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