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Halberstadter Jungfernapfel
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in the Harz area of Germany. It was recorded in 1885. Fruits have firm, rather coarse flesh with a moderately sweet and subacid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Halberstadter Jungfern Apfel, Schmuck Apfel
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Mother to:
- Geheimrat Breuhahn
- Shape
- Ellipsoid 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 59.00mm 2
- Width
- 64.50mm 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- Cream 2
Accession No.
1949 - 046
- Accession name
- Halberstadter Jungfernapfel
- Flowering time ›››
- 7th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
19th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid September 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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