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Gustavs Dauerapfel
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Lobner, Wadenswil, Switzerland. It was first described in 1899. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a sweet, slightly subacid and perfumed flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Gustav Dauerapfel, Gustav Durabil, Gustavovo trvanlive
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession No.
1951 - 179
- Accession name
- Gustavs Dauerapfel
- Flowering time ›››
- 6th May10% flowering
11th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Mid October 1
- Size
- small-medium 1
- Shape
- Truncate conical 1
- Ribbing
- weak-medium 1
- Crown
- weak-medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 1
- Over Colour
- Orange 1
- Over Colour Amount
- medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/mottled 1
- Russet
- low-medium 1
- Crunch
- crisp 1
- Coarseness
- fine 1
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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