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Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
Very robust, large-fruited storage apple keeping into early summer.
Edible value9Medicinal value6Other uses5
🇩🇪 GermanyDessertCookingStorage

Taste & characteristics

Taste

sourtart

Susceptibility & resistance

ScabCankerPowdery mildew

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

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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