Weigelts Zinszahler
syn. Rotfranch, Swedenborgs Muskatrenette
Dessert · Apple · Malus domestica Borkh. · 1 accession
Received 1951. From Received from the Research Station at Jork, Germany.
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Picking time
- Mid September
- Flowering
- 5th May (10%) · 10th May (full) · 16th May (petal fall)
National Apple Register (1971)
- Flavour
- slightly sweet, subacid, slightly rich
- Ribbing
- ribbed at eye and on body, sometimes to base
- Fruit size
- medium
- Fruit shape
- rectangular to truncate-conic or conic, intermediate to tall, sometimes flat, convex to straight, angular
- Fruit width
- 58-69 mm
- Over colour
- flushed deep red, a few darker stripes
- Russet type
- half to almost entirely covered with russet
- Flesh colour
- creamy white
- Fruit height
- 53-62 mm
- Skin texture
- rough, tough
- Flesh texture
- firm, crisp, fine
- Ground colour
- green
NFC characterisation
- Size
- medium
- Type
- Dessert
- Crown
- weak
- Shape
- Broad globose conical
- Crunch
- crumbly-medium
- Russet
- high
- Ribbing
- medium
- Firmness
- firm
- Coarseness
- fine
- Greasiness
- Weak
- Over colour
- Orange
- Flesh colour
- White
- Ground colour
- Whitish green
- Over colour amount
- medium
- Over colour pattern
- mottled/solid flush
Source · National Fruit Collection
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