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Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
Scab-resistant summer apple from Muencheberg, known in eastern Germany as a Klarapfel alternative.
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Taste & characteristics
Susceptibility & resistance
Scab
Profile
- Breeder
- Obstinstitut Muencheberg
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
Early dessert apple, usually only lightly coloured and almost always scab-free; flavour rated 2-3. Fruit quality depends heavily on weather and light exposure.
Growth
Medium-vigour tree.
Yield
Relatively productive.
Notes
Bred around 1930 at the Müncheberg fruit institute (Brandenburg); grown in East Germany as an alternative to White Transparent. Only briefly storable (2-3 weeks), suited to gardens.
Care
Pick over the tree several times for better ripeness.
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