Geheimrat Doktor Oldenburg

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1897 at the Vine, Fruit & Horticulture Station, Geisenheim, Germany. Fruits have fine, softish flesh with a subacid flavour.

Synonyms:
Geheimrat Oldenburg, Oldenburg

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Minister von Hammerstein x Baumann's Reinette

Mother to:
Roba
Clivia

Father to:
Elektra

Accession No.
1958 - 065   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Geheimrat Doktor Oldenburg

Flowering time
1st May 10% flowering
7th May Full (80%) flowering
14th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early September 1

Size
medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose conical 1

Height
63.67 mm 1

Width
66.75 mm 1

Ribbing
absent 1

Crown
very weak 1

Ground Colour
Green yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1

Over Colour
Red 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled 1

Russet
very low 1

Crunch
crisp 1

Flesh Colour
Yellowish 1


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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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