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Geheimrat Doktor Oldenburg

syn. Geheimrat Oldenburg, Oldenburg

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Raised in 1897 at the Vine, Fruit & Horticulture Station, Geisenheim, Germany. Fruits have fine, softish flesh with a subacid flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early September
Flowering
1st May (10%) · 7th May (full) · 14th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
subacid
Ribbing
ribbed at eye
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
intermediate, truncate-conic, convex
Fruit width
68 mm
Over colour
flushed and striped red
Flesh colour
yellowish white, tinged green
Fruit height
60 mm
Flesh texture
fine, loose texture
Ground colour
yellowish green to orange
NFC characterisation
Size
medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
very weak
Shape
Globose conical
Width
66.75 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
63.67 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
absent
Over colour
Red
Flesh colour
Yellowish
Ground colour
Green yellow
Over colour amount
medium
Over colour pattern
striped/mottled

Source · National Fruit Collection

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