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Roter Ananas
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Found at Sieglitzerberg on the Elbe by Richter, Germany. Described in 1854. Fruits have fine, firm, yellowish white flesh becoming pink stained under the skin with a sweet, subacid flavour.
- Synonyms:
- Ananas, Ananas Rouge, Ananasapfel Roter, Ananasnoe Krasnoe, Ananasove Cervene, Bromelia Ananas, Krasnyi Ananas, Rau Ananas, Rod Ananas, Rodt Ananasoeble, Rodt Hdstananasapple, Rothe Ananas, Rother Ananas, Rother Ananasapfel, Rott Ananasaeble, Rott Ananasapple
- Availability
- Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
- Shape
- Conical 2
- Size
- medium 2
- Ribbing
- medium 2
- Ground Colour
- Yellow 2
- Over Colour
- Red 2
- Over Colour (Amount)
- high-very high 2
- Russet
- very low 2
- Greasiness
- Medium 2
- Coarseness
- fine 2
- Flesh Colour
- Yellowish 2
Accession No.
1947 - 108
- Accession name
- Roter Ananas
- Flowering time ›››
- 8th May10% flowering
14th MayFull (80%) flowering
21st May90% petal fall - Picking time
- Late September 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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