Florina which is also called Querina, 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".Florina at Orange Pippin. Although developed in France its ancestry is entirely American.Florina 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,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.
See also Ariane (apple)
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