Payette
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised in 1936 by Leif Verner at the Agricultural Experiment Station, Moscow, Idaho, USA. Introduced in 1944. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a slightly sweet and subacid flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Parentage:
Ben Davies x Wagener
Size
large b
Type
Culinary b
Shape
Flat b
Height
74.00 mm b
Width
85.00 mm b
Ribbing
strong b
Ground Colour
Yellow b
Over Colour
Red b
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped b
Russet
very low b
Greasiness
Strong b
Firmness
firm b
Coarseness
fine b
Flesh Colour
Greenish b
Accession name
Payette
Flowering time
4th May 10% flowering
9th May Full (80%) flowering
17th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register