Primus

Dessert apple

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

Fruit Size
large ^b

Fruit Shape
intermediate, truncate-conic, straight ^b

Ribbing
ribbed at eye ^b

Ground Colour
greenish yellow to yellow ^b

Over Colour
striped orange-red ^b

Russet Type
russet dots and streaks ^b

Flesh Colour
creamy white ^b

Skin Texture
rough, greasy ^b

Flesh Texture
soft, coarse ^b

Flavour
very sweet ^b

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 ^a

Size
large ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Globose conical ^a

Height
71.51 mm ^a

Width
79.69 mm ^a

Ribbing
very weak ^a

Crown
very weak ^a

Ground Colour
Yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
low ^a

Flesh Colour
White ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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