Apple
Raised by Pastor Konrad Henzen at Elsen, Germany. It was named after pomologist Peter Heusgen and introduced in about 1877. Fruits have firm, crisp, fine-textured, juicy flesh with a pleasant flavour.
Availability Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name Heusgen's Golden Reinette
Flowering time 11th May 10% flowering 16th May Full (80%) flowering24th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale. 2.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