Florina (apple)

{{Short description|Apple cultivar}}

{{Infobox cultivar

| name = Malus pumila 'Florina'

| image = Florina (2).jpg

| image_caption =

| genus = Malus

| species = Malus pumila

| hybrid = 612-1 x Jonathan

| cultivar = 'Florina'

| origin = {{Flag|France}}, Angers

}}

Florina which is also called Querina,{{Cite web |url=http://saltspringapplecompany.com/Florina.htm |title=Salt Springs Apple |access-date=2014-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170318085657/http://saltspringapplecompany.com/Florina.htm |archive-date=2017-03-18 |url-status=dead }} is a French cultivar of domesticated apple, that has combined traits of the Jonathan, Golden Delicious and Rome apples, and was developed in Angers, France, by the "Station de Recherches d'Arboriculture Fruitiere".[http://www.orangepippin.com/apples/florina Florina] at Orange Pippin. Although developed in France its ancestry is entirely American.[http://www.orangepippintrees.com/apple-trees/florina Florina] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150502131414/http://www.orangepippintrees.com/apple-trees/florina |date=2015-05-02 }} at Orange Pippin Trees.

Florina bears medium to large fruit, skin very attractive, purple red covering almost completely the yellow background. Flesh is medium firm and aromatic, a blend of sweet and tart,[http://www.cooksinfo.com/florina-apples Cooks Info] uses mainly for fresh eating. Sugar 13.4% Acid 0.57%.Obstsorten Atlas, 1996 Fruits keeps well for approximately three months. As most apples it is self-incompatible and needs out-cross pollination, Florina is a good pollinator for other.

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