Gustavs Dauerapfel
Dessert apple
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised by Lobner, Wadenswil, Switzerland. It was first described in 1899. Fruits have firm, fine flesh with a sweet, slightly subacid and perfumed flavour.
Synonyms:
Gustav Dauerapfel, Gustav Durabil, Gustavovo trvanlive
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Fruit Size
medium b
Fruit Shape
tall, truncate-conic, convex, sometimes straight b
Fruit Height
51-58 mm b
Fruit Width
51-62 mm b
Ribbing
slightly ribbed at eye and on body b
Ground Colour
yellow b
Over Colour
flushed orange, striped red b
Russet Type
occasional russet b
Flesh Colour
creamy white b
Flesh Texture
firm, fine b
Flavour
sweet, slightly subacid, perfumed b
Accession name
Gustavs Dauerapfel
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid October a
Size
small-medium a
Type
Dessert a
Shape
Truncate conical a
Ribbing
weak-medium a
Crown
weak-medium a
Ground Colour
Yellow a
Over Colour (Amount)
medium a
Over Colour
Orange a
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled a
Russet
low-medium a
Firmness
soft a
Crunch
crisp a
Coarseness
fine a
Flesh Colour
Yellowish a
References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register