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Steirischer Roter Marschansker

Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Appears to be a form of Steirischer Marschansker. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from Germany. Fruits have firm, crisp, slightly coarse, greenish white flesh with a slightly sweet, subacid and slightly aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Early October
Flowering
5th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 18th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Flavour
slightly sweet, subacid, slightly aromatic
Ribbing
ribbed at eye, slightly on body
Fruit size
medium
Fruit shape
intermediate to tall, rectangular, convex
Fruit width
56-63 mm
Russet type
russet dots
Flesh colour
greenish white
Fruit height
49-58 mm
Skin texture
thick, tough
Flesh texture
firm, crisp, slightly coarse
Ground colour
greenish yellow tinged gold
NFC characterisation
Size
small-medium
Type
Dessert
Crown
weak
Shape
Globose
Crunch
crisp
Russet
low
Ribbing
weak
Firmness
firm-very firm
Coarseness
coarse
Over colour
Orange
Flesh colour
White
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour amount
absent
Over colour pattern
washed out

Source · National Fruit Collection

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