Prinses Irene
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1935 at the Horticultural Laboratory, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Introduced in 1955. Fruits have crisp, greenish white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Jonathan x Cox's Orange Pippin
Size
medium 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Broad globose conical 2
Height
54.00 mm 2
Width
58.00 mm 2
Ribbing
weak-medium 2
Ground Colour
Yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
high 2
Over Colour
Orange 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked 2
Russet
very low 2
Crunch
crisp 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Prinses Irene
Flowering time
1st May 10% flowering
7th May Full (80%) flowering
13th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register