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Thurgauer Weinapfel

syn. Kleiner Weinapfel, Petite Vineuse, Vineuse de Thurgovie

Culinary · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession

Originated in Thurgau, Switzerland. Known in Thurgau since the 1860's. Fruits have firm, crisp, coarse, yellowish flesh with a sweet-sour, aromatic flavour.

Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Picking time
Late October
Flowering
28th April (10%) · 1st May (full) · 12th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
Size
small-medium
Type
Culinary
Shape
Broad globose conical
Width
55.00 mm
Crunch
crisp
Height
47.50 mm
Russet
very low
Ribbing
very weak
Firmness
firm
Coarseness
coarse
Over colour
Dark Red
Flesh colour
Yellowish
Ground colour
Yellow
Over colour pattern
streaked

Source · National Fruit Collection

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