Weigelts Zinszahler
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Synonyms:
Rotfranch, Swedenborgs Muskatrenette
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from the Research Station at Jork, Germany. Fruits have firm, crisp, fine, creamy white flesh with a slightly sweet, subacid and slightly rich flavour.
Accession name
Weigelts Zinszahler
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
Size
medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Broad globose conical 1
Ribbing
medium 1
Crown
weak 1
Ground Colour
Whitish green 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
mottled/solid flush 1
Russet
high 1
Greasiness
Weak 1
Firmness
firm 1
Crunch
crumbly-medium 1
Coarseness
fine 1
Flesh Colour
White 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register