Prinses Marijke
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1935 at the Horticultural Laboratory, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Introduced in 1952. Fruits have fine, firm, tender flesh with a fairly sweet, subacid, aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Jonathan x Cox's Orange Pippin
Size
medium-large b
Type
Dessert b
Shape
Flat b
Height
55.50 mm b
Width
70.50 mm b
Ribbing
weak-medium b
Ground Colour
Green yellow b
Over Colour
Purple b
Russet
low b
Firmness
firm b
Coarseness
fine b
Flesh Colour
Greenish b
Accession name
Prinses Marijke
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register