Elstar
Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
Juicy all-rounder with a fine aroma – the classic for fresh eating and baking.
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
sourcrispjuicysweetaromatic
Susceptibility & resistance
ScabCankerBrown rot
Profile
- Parentage
- Golden Delicious × Ingrid Marie
- Breeder
- IVT Wageningen
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Very good table apple (grade 1-).
Growth
Medium-vigour tree.
Yield
High-yielding variety for intensive cultivation.
Notes
Modern cross of Golden Delicious x Ingrid Marie for intensive cultivation with plant protection. Prone to scab and brown rot, on heavy soils also to canker. Only for loose soils and well-ventilated sites with intensive care. Keeps 4 months.
Care
Needs regular plant protection and intensive care; plant only on loose, well-ventilated sites.
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