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Bietigheimer

Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Introduced to Canada from Germany 1870 approx. From Germany. Obsolete variety.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early September
Flowering
1st May (10%) · 6th May (full) · 14th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
acid
Ribbing
broad ribs at eye and on body
Fruit size
large
Fruit shape
intermediate to flat or tall, truncate-conic, convex, asymmetric
Fruit width
79-99 mm
Over colour
almost entirely covered with bright pinkish red to deep red flush
Russet type
russet dots
Flesh colour
creamy white
Fruit height
72-81 mm
Flesh texture
fine, hard, crisp
Ground colour
pale greenish yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
large-very large
Type
Culinary
Crown
weak
Shape
Broad globose conical
Crunch
crisp
Russet
low
Ribbing
medium
Firmness
firm-very firm
Coarseness
coarse
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
low-medium
Over colour pattern
striped/washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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