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Chusenrainer
Culinary apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Found in about 1852 by Joh. Waller, growing wild in Chusenrain - Sempach, Switzerland. It was named in 1891 by R. Stalder of Meggen. Fruits have soft flesh with an insipid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Chusenrain, Pomme de Chuesenrain
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Flat 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Height
- 44.00mm 2
- Width
- 62.00mm 2
- Ribbing
- weak 2
- Ground Colour
- Green yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- low-medium 2
- Over Colour (Pattern)
- striped 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1948 - 614
- Accession name
- Chusenrainer
- Flowering time ›››
- 13th May10% flowering
19th MayFull (80%) flowering
26th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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