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Hohenzollern
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Truncate conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Orange 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Crunch
- crisp 2
- Coarseness
- coarse 2
- Flesh Colour
- White 2
Accession No.
1947 - 468
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1947 from France although it is thought to probably be of German origin. Fruits have crisp, coarse flesh with a slightly sweet flavour.
- Accession name
- Hohenzollern
- Flowering time ›››
- 9th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
22nd May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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