Steirischer Roter Marschansker
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Appears to be a form of Steirischer Marschansker. Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from Germany. Fruits have firm, crisp, slightly coarse, greenish white flesh with a slightly sweet, subacid and slightly aromatic flavour.
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Accession name
Steirischer Roter Marschansker
Flowering time
5th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October 1
Size
small-medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Globose 1
Ribbing
weak 1
Crown
weak 1
Ground Colour
Yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1
Russet
low 1
Firmness
firm-very firm 1
Crunch
crisp 1
Coarseness
coarse 1
Flesh Colour
White 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register