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Florina apple

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Florina
Medium to large. Very attractive purple-red over yellow. Medium firm. Aromatic. Keeps well.

Florina apple identification images

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USDA identification images for Florina

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.

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    Offspring of this variety


    Visitor reviews

    • 12 Jun 2025 
      I bought this tree at a discount supermarket as a bare rootball tree for the princely sum of £1.99. It was planted in a very boggy part of the garden with heavy clay soil. It did struggle at first and the first few crops we got were small and very sour, but then I started mulching the three with my guinea pigs wood shavings and wood pellets from the cat's box... Suddenly the tree produced the most amazing fruit - just the right balance between sweet and tart. Too good to cook with. Unfortunately one year it carried so much that the tree snapped in half during a storm! The smallest apples were the size of golf balls, the biggest the size of baseballs if not bigger. Never dry or mealy textured. Best enjoyed fresh but did once make an absolutely amazing crumble with it. Make sure that you look after the tree when it's young, water regularly and don't let it go to fruit in the first few years as it will put a lot of strain on the tree. Prune properly but not heavily.
    • 15 Sep 2019  BC, Canada
      Large, very juicy, and crisp, with highly variable brix/acid ratio. Decent fresh eating apple. Seems like a larger, highly crisp Mac.
    • 08 Oct 2012  BRIT. COLUMBIA, Canada
      We have this tree in our garden, and it produces large crops of crisp, bland, dry-fleshed apples that are a disappointment every time we eat one. The tree is healthy and vigorous, and we got it to replace a previous Florina which developed canker. The first tree had fabulous apples: juicy, sweet/tart, crisp, so at best the flavour is unreliable.

    Tree register

    United States

    Canada

    • Pat in Hamilton, ONTARIO

    Bulgaria

    Harvest records for this variety

    2011 season

    • September  2011  - tree owned by John in New Market, United States

    Origins

    • Species: Malus domestica - Apple
    • Parentage: 612-1 x Jonathan
    • Originates from: Angers, France
    • Developed by: Station de Recherches d'Arboriculture Fruitiere, Angers
    • UK National Fruit Collection accession: 1978-342

    Identification

    • Country of origin: France
    • Period of origin: 1950 - 1999
    • Fruit colour: Orange / Red
    • Flower colour: White
    • Leaf colour: Green
    • Popularity: Best sellers
    • Annual cycle: Deciduous

    Using

    • Picking season: Late
    • Keeping (of fruit): 3 months or more
    • Flavour quality: Good
    • Flavour style (apples): Sharper
    • Discoloration of fruit: Slightly oxidising (browns slowly)
    • Cropping: Heavy
    • Fruit persistence: Persistent
    • Food uses: Eating fresh
    • Picking period: mid-October
    • Wildlife: RHS Plants for Pollinators

    Growing

    • Gardening skill: Beginner
    • Flowering group: 4
    • Pollinating others: Good
    • Ploidy: Diploid
    • Vigour: Vigorous
    • Precocity: Precocious
    • Bearing regularity: Regular
    • Fruit bearing: Partial tip-bearer
    • Organic culture: Suitable
    • Self-fertility: Not self-fertile

    Climate

    • Climate suitability: Temperate climates
    • Climate suitability: Warm climates
    • Summer average maximum temperatures: Cool ( 20-24C / 68-75F)
    • Summer average maximum temperatures: Warm (25-30C / 76-85F)

    Other qualities

    • Disease resistance: Good
    • Scab (Apple and Pear): Very resistant
    • Powdery mildew: Some resistance
    • Fire blight: Some resistance
    • Woolly aphid: Some resistance
    • Cedar apple rust: Some susceptibility

    Where to buy trees

    The following tree nurseries offer Florina apple trees for sale:


    Where to buy fresh fruit

    The following orchards grow Florina:

    United States


    Canada




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