Flamenco apple
A columnar or ballarina style apple variety.
Also known as
- Obelisk
Flamenco apple identification images
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USDA identification images for Flamenco
The identification paintings in the USDA Pomological Watercolor Collection span the years 1886 to 1942.
Citation: U.S. Department of Agriculture Pomological Watercolor Collection. Rare and Special Collections, National Agricultural Library, Beltsville, MD 20705.
Parents and other ancestors of this variety
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United States
- Serena C. Roen in Spring Valley, WI
United Kingdom
- Lorena Fernandez in Bristol, NORTH SOMERSET
- Lorena Fernandez in Bristol, NORTH SOMERSET
- Tamas Geleta in UCKFIELD,
Origins
- Species: Malus domestica - Apple
- Parentage: (Cox x Court Pendu Plat) x Wijcik McIntosh
- Originates from: Kent, United Kingdom
- Introduced: 1970s
- Developed by: East Malling Research Station
- UK National Fruit Collection accession: 1999-027
Identification
- Country of origin: United Kingdom
- Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
- Fruit colour: Red
- Leaf colour: Green
- Annual cycle: Deciduous
Using
- Picking season: Mid
- Keeping (of fruit): 2-3 weeks
- Flavour quality: Average
- Flavour style (apples): Sharper
- Discoloration of fruit: Oxidising
- Cropping: Light
- Fruit persistence: Normal ripening
- Food uses: Eating fresh
- Picking period: early September
- Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators
Growing
- Gardening skill: Average
- Flowering group: 3
- Pollinating others: Average
- Ploidy: Diploid
- Vigour: Average vigour
- Bearing regularity: Regular
- Fruit bearing: Spur-bearer
- Attractive features: Attractive tree / plant
- Self-fertility: Not self-fertile
Climate
- Climate suitability: Temperate climates
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
- Summer average maximum temperatures: Cold (< 20C / 67F)
Other qualities
- Disease resistance: Poor
Where to buy trees
The following tree nurseries offer Flamenco apple trees for sale:
- Orange Pippin Fruit Trees (UK) United Kingdom
Ballerina Flamenco apple trees
Where to buy fresh fruit
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