Minister von Hammerstein
syn. Gammershtein, Hamerstainska, Hammerstein, Hammerstenovo
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Raised in 1882 in Geisenheim, Germany by R Goethe and named after the then Minister of Agriculture. Fruits have firm, creamy white flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Early October
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 9th May (full) · 17th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- sweet, subacid
- Ribbing
- ribbed at eye and on body
- Fruit size
- medium to large
- Fruit shape
- variable, flat to intermediate, truncate-conic to conic, convex
- Fruit width
- 64-75 mm
- Over colour
- slight brownish red flush
- Flesh colour
- creamy white, green core line
- Fruit height
- 54-65 mm
- Flesh texture
- firm
- Ground colour
- yellowish green
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium-large
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- medium-strong
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Crunch
- crisp
- Russet
- low
- Ribbing
- strong
- Firmness
- firm
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- Yellowish
- Ground colour
- Yellow
- Over colour amount
- low
- Over colour pattern
- washed out
Source · National Fruit Collection
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