Boiken
syn. Beuken, Birken, Birkin, Boiken Apfel, Boiken-alma, Boiken-Apfel, Boikenapfel, Boikenapple, Boikovo, Boikovo jablko, Bojkovo, Bolken, Jablko Boikovo, Pomme Boiken, Zlotka Boikena
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in Bremen, Germany and named after Dikewarden Boike. Known since 1828. Fruits have firm, fine-textured, juicy, acid flesh with very little flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Late October
- Flowering
- 9th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 21st May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- large
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Flat
- Width
- 76.50 mm
- Height
- 62.50 mm
- Ribbing
- strong
- Firmness
- firm-very firm
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Red
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour pattern
- striped
Source · National Fruit Collection
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
View on the NFC site