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.
Size
medium 2
Type
Culinary 2
Shape
Flat 2
Height
44.00 mm 2
Width
62.00 mm 2
Ribbing
weak 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour (Amount)
low-medium 2
Over Colour
Orange 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Firmness
soft 2
Flesh Colour
White 2
Accession name
Chusenrainer
Flowering time
13th May 10% flowering
19th May Full (80%) flowering
26th May 90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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