Doppelter Härtling
Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
Vigorous, sweet culinary apple from the Bergisches Land for apple syrup.
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
mildsweet
Susceptibility & resistance
ScabCankerPowdery mildew
Profile
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Sweetish, low-acid flavour that soon turns bland after harvest (grade 4-).
Growth
Strong-growing tree.
Yield
Reliable orchard variety.
Notes
Regional variety of the Bergisches Land near Cologne. Mainly for apple-syrup (Apfelkraut); as juice only in blends. Disease-robust, only short storage (1 month). Recommended by the NRW orchard-protection committee.
Care
Robust orchard variety; standard thinning cuts suffice.
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