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Edelborsdorfer

syn. Birstof, Blagorodnoe Borsdorfskoe, Blanche de Leipsic, Blanche de Leipsig, Blanche de Leipsigk, Blanche de Leipzig, Bohmischer Borsdorfer, Borsdoff, Borsdoffer, Borsdorf, Borsdorf a longue queue, Borsdorf Hative, Borsdorfer, Borsdorfer Apfel, Borsdorfer Appel, Borsdorfer Apple, Borsdorfer Gold, Borsdorfer Nobile, Borsdorfer Queen's Apple, Borsdorff, Borsdorff Apple, Borsdorffer, Borsdorfiana nobile, Borsdorfskoe, Borsdorfskoe blagorodnoe, Borsdorfskoe zimnee, Borsdorfskoye blagorodnoye, Borstof, Borstoff a longue queue, Borstoff Hative, Borstoffer, Borstorf, Borstorfer, Borstorff a Longue Queue, Borstorff Hative, Borstorffer, Bursdoff, Bursdorff, Bursdorffer, Bursztowka szlachetna, de Borsdorf, de Prochain, Deutscher Maschanzker, Deutscher Maschanzkerl, Edel Borsdorfer, Edel Winterborsdorfer, Edel- Borsdorfer, Edelborstorfer, Edler Winter Borsdorfer, Edler Winter Borsdorffer, Edler Winter- Borsdorfer, Edler Winter-Borstorfer, Edler Winterborsdorfer, Edler Winterborstorfer, Edler Winterborstorffer, Elder Winterborstorfer, Ganet Pippin, Garret Pippin, Grand Bohemian Borsdorfer, Grand Bohemian Borsdorffer, Grand Bohemian Pippin, Grand- Bohemian-Borsdorffer, Herbstborsdorfer, King, King Apple, King George, King George III, King George of the Third, King George the Third, King George Third, l'Orgueil des Germains, Lavantthaler Maschansker, Le grand Bohemian Borsdorfer, Le Grand Bohemian Borsdorffer, Le Grand- Bohemien Borsdorffer, Le Grand-Bohemian Borsdorfer, Leipziger Reinette, Marschansker, Marschanzker, Masance, Masanczi alma, Masanschi, Masanszki alma, Maschansker, Maschanskerl, Maschanzker, Maschanzkerl, Maschanzkez, Meissner Kreis, Mieschenskerapfel, Mischenske Jobliko, Mischensky Kray, Misen Ceska, Misenske, Orgueil des Germains, Pomme de Borsdorf, Pomme de Prochain, Pomme Prochain, Porstorfer, Porstorffer, Postdoff, Postophe, Postophe d'Hiver, Queen Apple, Queen Charlotte's Apple, Queen's, Queen's Apple, Queens, Red Borsdorfer, Red Borsdorffer, Reinette Borsdorfer, Reinette Batard, Reinette Batarde, Reinette Batarde de Leipsick, Reinette Batarde de Leipsigk, Reinette Borsdoffer, Reinette Borsdorfer, Reinette Borsdorffer, Reinette d'Allemagne, Reinette d'Allemayne, Reinette de Leipsig, Reinette de Misnie, Reinette Misnia, Renet de Borsdorf, Renetta di Borsdorf, Renetta Nobile di Borsdorf, Tiroler Borsdorfer, Tiroler Maschanzker, Vzacna misen, Weiner Maschanzkerl, Weiner Maschanzkerz, Weiner Maschauzker, Wiener Maschansker, Wiener Maschanzker, Wiener Maschanzkerl, Winter Bordstorfer of Nikatas, Winter Borsdorfer, Winter Borsdorffer, Witte Leipsiger, Witte Leipziger, Wittle Leipziger

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Thought to be of German origin, either from Borsdorf in Meissen or near Leipzig. Recorded as early as the 1500s. Fruits have firm flesh with a sweet, vinous flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Mid October
Flowering
8th May (10%) · 14th May (full) · 22nd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
vinous, sweet
Ribbing
not, or slightly ribbed
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
intermediate to flat, truncate-conic to rectangular, convex
Fruit width
55-61 mm
Over colour
flushed red
Russet type
russet dots and veins
Flesh colour
pale yellow
Fruit height
48-55 mm
Flesh texture
firm
Ground colour
yellow
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
absent
Shape
Flat globose
Width
67.70 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
63.29 mm
Russet
low
Ribbing
absent
Firmness
firm
Juiciness
juicy
Over colour
Pink
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Whitish yellow
Over colour amount
very low
Over colour pattern
washed out/solid flush

Source · National Fruit Collection

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