Konigin Sophiensapfel
syn. Blanke Zoete Renet, Kirkes Lemon Pippin, Konigin Sophien's Apfel, Konigin Sophienapfel, Konigin Sophiens, Lemon Pippin, Limonien Apfel, Quince, Reine Sophie, Sofiya, Winter Queen
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Originated in the mid-late 1700s probably in England. It was first distributed by Loddiges as Winter Queen and renamed by German pomologist Diel. Fruits have soft, dry, mealy flesh with a slightly subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid October
- Flowering
- 3rd May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Ellipsoid
- Width
- 63.00 mm
- Height
- 73.50 mm
- Russet
- very low
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- soft
- Juiciness
- dry
- Coarseness
- coarse
- Over colour
- Brown
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Green yellow
Source · National Fruit Collection
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