Cludius Herbstapfel
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Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised by Supt. Cludius of Hildesheim, Hannover, Germany. It was recorded in the 1850s. Fruits have a sweet, vinous flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- vinous, sweet
- Ribbing
- ribbed on body
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- intermediate, rectangular to truncate-conic
- Russet type
- russet dots, russet at base
- Flesh colour
- white
- Flesh texture
- fairly fine, tender
- Ground colour
- whitish green
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Width
- 66.63 mm
- Crunch
- crisp
- Height
- 57.61 mm
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Coarseness
- fine
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- very low
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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