Hoskreiger
syn. Heidelocher, Horskreiger, Hoskrieger
Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Origin unknown but recorded in 1831. Fruits have tender, crisp, white flesh with a subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 9th May (10%) · 15th May (full) · 23rd May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- subacid
- Ribbing
- slightly ribbed at eye
- Fruit size
- large
- Fruit shape
- flat, rectangular, convex
- Fruit width
- 89 mm
- Over colour
- streaked pale red
- Russet type
- russet dots
- Flesh colour
- white
- Fruit height
- 70 mm
- Flesh texture
- tender, crisp
- Ground colour
- yellowish green
NFC characterisation
- Size
- large
- Type
- Culinary
- Crown
- medium-strong
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- weak-medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Greasiness
- Strong
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish yellow
- Over colour amount
- very low
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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