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Boikenapfel

Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
Sour, white-fleshed baking apple with very long storage life.
Edible value9Medicinal value6Other uses5
🇩🇪 GermanyCookingBakingStorage

Taste & characteristics

Taste

firmsourtart

Susceptibility & resistance

Scab

Profile

Pollination
self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety

Flowering & harvest

J F M A M J J A S O N D
Flowering
Fruit harvest
Storage

Given in thirds of a month (early / mid / late) for the northern hemisphere in a temperate climate; altitude and season shift them.

Description

Fruit

Acidic culinary apple for household use, especially for baking (rating 3-). White-fleshed, stays firm when baked and browns little.

Growth

Tree medium-vigorous, later weak-growing.

Notes

Limited for orchard use. Only for well-ventilated locations. Stores for up to about 6 months, including in earth clamps.

Care

Plant in a well-ventilated location to prevent scab.

Site, soil, hardiness and growth follow the species Apple unless the variety states otherwise. Will it grow where you live? → Check your site on the species page

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