Florina
Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
Long-keeping, largely robust modern variety with a mild flavour.
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
mildjuicysweet
Susceptibility & resistance
ScabPowdery mildew
Profile
- Breeder
- INRA
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Culinary and dessert apple with long-storing fruit and only moderate aroma. Average flavour (grade 3).
Growth
Medium-strong to vigorous tree. A bred cultivar.
Yield
Reliable cropping.
Notes
For orchard meadow and garden. Carries the monogenic scab resistance (Vf), which has since been overcome. Somewhat prone to mildew, otherwise relatively hardy. Stores about 5 months.
Care
Standard care; watch for mildew.
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