Opalescent apple identification
A popular large New England apple, sweet, crunchy, juicy, hint of strawberries - a well-flavoured apple. Parentage: Unknown. Introduced / discovered in 1880s.
Identification
- Flesh colour - White to Cream, pale yellow
- Fruit size - Medium
- Fruit size - Large
- Fruit size - Very large
- Shape features - Anglular (flat-sided)
- Shape features - Slightly, broadly, obscurely ribbed
- Shape features - Ribbed cavity to basin
- Russet - Present
- Russet - Not present
- Russet % coverage - Low
- Russet % coverage - Absent
- Russet details - Dots, Patches, Spots
- Russet details - In stem cavity
- All green or yellow - Other colors present
- Skin color (when ripe) - Red
- Skin color (when ripe) - Red (+/or) Pink to Pale Pink
- Skin color (when ripe) - Yellow (+/or) Green with some Red (+/or) Pink
- Skin color (when ripe) - Red (+/or) Purple to nearly Black
- Skin blush - Present
- Skin blush (color) - Red to Deep Red into Dark Purple
- Scarf skin - Not present
- Suture lines - Not present
- Bloom - Not present
- Skin waxy or greasy - Waxy or greasy (fresh or stored)
- Skin feel - Smooth
- Stripes - Stripes present
- Stripes (details) - Mixed stripes, colors
- Stripes (details) - Washed - faded
- Stripes (color) - Crimson to Purplish
- Stripes (color) - Mixed colors
- Stripes (color) - Scarlet, Carmine (red orange)
- Stem (length) - Short
- Stem (length) - Medium
- Stem (thickness) - Slender
- Stem (thickness) - Medium
- Stem (details) - Curved
- Stem (color) - Brown
- Stem (color) - Red
- Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Compressed
- Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Deep
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Lipped - fold of skin over stem end
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Russet
- Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Steep, Acuminate slope
- Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Oblique - slanted to one side
- Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Symmetrical
- Stem Cavity (top view width) - Moderate, Medium width
- Stem Cavity (top view width) - Wide, Broad
- Basin skin - Shiny, Smooth
- Basin skin - Pubescent, Downy
- Basin skin - Bloom, Scarf, Waxy, Dusty
- Basin skin - Green
- Basin width - Narrow
- Basin width - Moderate
- Basin (top view) - Uneven, Oblique, Slanted
- Basin (side view slope to eye) - Tight, Acuminate
- Basin (side view depth) - Medium depth
- Basin (side view depth) - Deep
- Basin (protruberances) - Undulate, Furrowed, Wavy, Puckered
- Basal lobes - Slightly present
- Basal lobes - Not present
- Dots (description) - Russet
- Dots (description) - Submerged / Depressed
- Dots (description) - Tan / Cream
- Dots (description) - Yellow
- Dots (numbers) - Numerous
- Dots (size) - Large
- Dots (size) - Medium
- Dots (size) - Small
- Dots (skin lenticels) - Conspicuous, prominent, distinct
- Dots (spread) - Equally spread
- Flesh (staining) - Yellow
- Flesh (staining) - Red or Pink
- Flesh (texture) - Tender, Soft, Melting
- Flesh (texture) - Crisp, Breaking into chuncks
- Flesh (texture) - Firm, Hard
- Flesh (grain) - Granular, Coarse, Mealy
- Flesh (juiciness) - Juicy or Very Juicy
Using
- Harvest period - Late season
- Only sweet flavor - Tart, sub-acid, or bitter flavor detected
Growing
- Flowering period - Mid season
- Flowering group - 3
- First planted - Before 1950
References
- 'Apples of England' (1948) by Taylor
- Opalescent - tasting notes, history, and pedigree on OrangePippin.com