Roter Boskoop
Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
Red sport of Boskoop: robust, tart-aromatic winter apple.
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
firmsourtartjuicysweetaromatic
Susceptibility & resistance
ScabAphids
Profile
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
High-quality dessert apple (grade 2), a red-skinned sport of Belle de Boskoop, storing well (about 5 months).
Growth
Very vigorous, triploid tree.
Notes
Low susceptibility to scab and aphids. For standard orchards and gardens.
Care
Prune restrainedly because of the strong growth; as a triploid it needs good pollinator trees nearby.
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