Applevariety
Skinlite
A dessert apple with cream flesh and yellow skin, round-conical in shape, raised in 1947 and introduced in 1973; sweet, juicy and crisp. Picked in late October.
Origin · University of Turin, Italy
Released 1973
Taste & texture
- Sweetness
- sweet
- Bite
- crisp
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Used for
- Dessert apple
Origin & family
Where Skinlite began
Recorded origin
University of Turin
Italy
- Released
- 1973
Skinlite’s family
4 varieties · 3 recorded linksArrows follow parents → children
This variety
Skinlite
University of Turin, Italy
Photo: National Fruit Collection, Brogdale · UK Open Government Licence v2.0
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Field notes
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Photos
National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0 Whole and cut, from the UK National Fruit Collection.