Faros

Malus domestica Borkh. Borkh.

Dessert

Measured Phenotype

Fruit height: 45.0 mm
Fruit width: 60.0 mm

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A medium-sized, roundish dessert apple with pale greenish-yellow skin heavily covered with red striations. The flesh is crisp, firm, juicy, sweet, slightly acid, and perfumed. In season from December to March, it is of good but not first-rate quality; the tree is healthy, vigorous, and a good bearer.

Flavor & Texture

sweetsubacidperfumedcrispfirmjuicy

Best Uses

fresh_eating

Origin & History

sweetslightly acidperfumed

References

UK National Fruit Collection: 1981
Wikidata: Q3066980
Cited authority (Hogg 1851): Duh