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New German
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in Herefordshire, England. Fruits have somewhat soft, coarse, white tinged green flesh with a subacid flavour.
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Material held in the Marcher Apple Network collections (Paramor)
Accession No.
1948 - 040
- Accession name
- New German
- Flowering time ›››
- 5th May10% flowering
10th MayFull (80%) flowering
18th May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Early September 1
- Size
- large-very large 1
- Shape
- Broad globose conical 1
- Height
- 74.68 mm 1
- Width
- 93.22 mm 1
- Ribbing
- very strong 1
- Crown
- medium 1
- Ground Colour
- Whitish green 1
- Over Colour
- Red 1
- Over Colour Amount
- low-medium 1
- Over Colour Pattern
- striped/washed out 1
- Russet
- low 1
- Greasiness
- Medium 1
- Flesh Colour
- White 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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