Brettacher Samling

Culinary apple

Culinary apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Seed sown 1900. From Brettach, near Heilbronn, Wurttemberg, Germany. Raised by Mr Kuttruf, a farmer. Distributed 1925.

Synonyms:
Brettacher, Bretttacher

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Reinette de Champagne x Jakob Lebel

Fruit Size
large ^b

Fruit Shape
flat, conic, convex ^b

Fruit Height
63-73 mm ^b

Fruit Width
83-93 mm ^b

Ribbing
ribbed at eye and on body ^b

Ground Colour
greenish yellow ^b

Over Colour
flushed pink, steaked red ^b

Flesh Colour
white, tinged green ^b

Flesh Texture
coarse, crisp ^b

Flavour
acid ^b

Accession No.
1951 - 165   fingerprint   check_circle

Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from Germany. Fruits have coarse, crisp flesh with an acid flavour.

Accession name
Brettacher Samling

Flowering time
8th May 10% flowering
13th May Full (80%) flowering
20th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Late October ^a

Size
large-very large ^a

Type
Culinary ^a

Shape
Flat globose ^a

Height
69.73 mm ^a

Width
87.52 mm ^a

Ribbing
medium ^a

Crown
weak ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
low ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/washed out ^a

Russet
very low ^a

Greasiness
Medium ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Coarseness
coarse ^a

Juiciness
juicy-very juicy ^a

Flesh Colour
White ^a

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References:
a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
b. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register