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Finkenwerder Prinz
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in about 1860 on the island of Finkenwerder in the Elbe near Hamburg, Germany. Fruits have fairly firm, fairly fine flesh with a sweet, subacid, slightly aromatic flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Finkenwerder, Finkenwerder Herbstprinz, Finkenwerder Prinzenapfel
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Conical 2
- Size
- medium-large 2
- Height
- 67.50mm 2
- Width
- 71.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- strong 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- streaked 2
- Russet
- low 2
- Greasiness
- Medium 2
- Coarseness
- fine-medium 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1951 - 196
- Accession name
- Finkenwerder Prinz
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
12th MayFull (80%) flowering
22nd May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late October 1
- References:
- 1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
- 2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register
Design: Chris Turnbull, September 2019