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Akero

syn. Aakero, Akera, Akero galsaplple, Akero-apple, AkeroaebleAkeroapfel, Akeroaple, Akeroglasaplen, Apfel von Akero, Okera, Okere, Schmidt's Junkerapfel, Schmidts Junkerapfel

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Thought to have originated in Sweden. Known in the mid 1700s and brought to notice by pomologist Eneroth in about 1850. Fruits have firm, coarse flesh with a sweet to subacid aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late August
Flowering
1st May (10%) · 7th May (full) · 13th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
medium-large
Type
Dessert
Shape
Truncate conical
Russet
very low
Ribbing
weak-medium
Firmness
firm
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Yellowish
Ground colour
Whitish yellow

Source · National Fruit Collection

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