Primus

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1935 at the Horticultural Laboratory, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Fruits have soft, coarse, creamy white flesh with a very sweet flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Reinette Rouge Etoilee x Cox's Orange Pippin

Accession No.
1955 - 011   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Primus

Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
19th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early October 1

Size
large 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Height
71.51 mm 1

Width
79.69 mm 1

Ribbing
very weak 1

Crown
very weak 1

Ground Colour
Yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
low 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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