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Rheinisches Seidenhemdchen

Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
Heavy-cropping Rhineland variety with a fine strawberry note.
Edible value9Medicinal value6Other uses5
🇩🇪 GermanyCookingDessertStorage

Taste & characteristics

Taste

soursweet

Profile

Pollination
self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety

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

Sweet-sour apple (grade 3) without a pronounced aroma; tastings noted a sweet-strawberry flavour of special quality. Culinary and, to a degree, dessert apple.

Growth

Strong-growing tree, robust against diseases.

Notes

Recommended as a standard-orchard variety by the NRW orchard-protection committee.

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