Glockenapfel

Culinary apple

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Received by NFT 1948. From Switzerland.

Synonyms:
Altlander Glockenapfel, Echter Weisser Glockenapfel, Pomme Cloche, Schweizer Glockenapfel, Weisser Winterglockenapfel

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
tall, conic to truncate-conic, convex to straight ^b

Fruit Height
70 mm ^b

Fruit Width
64 mm ^b

Ribbing
ribbed at eye and on body ^b

Ground Colour
pale yellow, mottled green ^b

Over Colour
flushed pale dull orange-red ^b

Russet Type
russet lines ^b

Flesh Colour
silvery white ^b

Flesh Texture
crisp ^b

Flavour
subacid ^b

Accession No.
1948 - 613   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1948 from Switzerland. Fruits have crisp flesh with a subacid flavour.

Accession name
Glockenapfel

Flowering time
2nd May 10% flowering
8th May Full (80%) flowering
16th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Mid October ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Culinary ^a

Shape
Truncate conical ^a

Ribbing
strong ^a

Crown
medium ^a

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out ^a

Russet
very low ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Flesh Colour
White ^a

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References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register