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Gloster

Variety of Apple Β· Malus domestica
Bright red, tall-shaped dessert apple.
Edible value9Medicinal value6Other uses5
πŸ‡©πŸ‡ͺ Germany 1951DessertCookingStorage

Taste & characteristics

Taste

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Susceptibility & resistance

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Profile

Parentage
Glockenapfel Γ— Richared Delicious
Breeder
Obstbauversuchsanstalt Jork
Pollination
self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Fruit weight
200.2 g

Flowering & harvest

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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

Strongly coloured dessert apple, mildly sweet-sour; rather unexciting in taste with little spice and acidity (rated 3+).

Growth

Strong to very strong growth; crown stiffly upright and narrow. Scaffold branches long, steep and sparsely branched, best tied down. Fruiting on one-year spurs and terminally bearing long shoots. Wind-firm.

Yield

Avoid excessive fruit loads.

Notes

Bred variety from the 1970s; long storable (about 6 months). Limited cultivation suitability.

Care

Reduce the vigorous growth by pruning; summer-prune for good light penetration; use long cutbacks and tie scaffold branches down.

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