The World of Apples

Apple varieties, Romania

Tare de Ghinda

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it1:

Originated in Ghinda, Bistrita, Romania. Known to be very old. Fruits have firm, greenish white flesh with a sweet to subacid flavour.

Sources

  1. Tare de Ghinda (accession 1958 - 111), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (late october); the other names.