Brettacher
Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
Very robust, large-fruited storage apple keeping into early summer.
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
sourtart
Susceptibility & resistance
ScabCankerPowdery mildew
Profile
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Robust culinary apple, in warm sites also a dessert apple (rating 3+). Predominantly acidic, mildly aromatic, distinctive in flavour. Large fruit, mostly free of scab spots, similar to Ontario.
Growth
Strong-growing tree.
Notes
Typical orchard variety for orchard and garden, recommended by the NRW orchard-protection committee. Very healthy tree, free of scab, canker and mildew even in northern Germany. Stores into April/May/June (about 6 months).
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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