Swaar
syn. Der Schwere Apfel, Hardwich, Hardwick, Schwere Apfel, Schwerer Apfel, Suaar, Swaar Appel, Swaar Apple, Zwaar
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Said to have been raised by Dutch settlers near Esopus on the Hudson River, USA. Recorded in 1804. Fruits have firm, fine, creamy white flesh with a sweet, 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)
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Shape
- Flat globose
- Width
- 64.00 mm
- Height
- 51.00 mm
- Russet
- high-very high
- Ribbing
- strong
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Greasiness
- Medium
- Over colour
- Purple
- Flesh colour
- Cream
- Ground colour
- Whitish green
- Over colour pattern
- streaked
Source · National Fruit Collection
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