Bohnapfel
Culinary / Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Triploid. Originated in the late 1700s in the Rhineland, Germany. Fruits have firm, coarse flesh with a subacid to slightly sweet flavour.
Synonyms:
Anhalter, Bobovoe, Bobovoe bolsoe, Bohn Apfel, Bohn-alma, Bohn-Apfel, Bohnapfel Grosser, Bohnapfel Rheinischer, Bohnapfelgrosser Rheinischer, Bohnovo velke jablko, der grosse Bohnapfel, Ferro rosso, Grochowka, Grochowka ws ielka, Gros Bohn, Gros Bohnapfel, Gros-Bohn, Gross-Bohn, Grossa di Bohn, Grosse Rheinischer, Grosser Bohn Apfel, Grosser Bohnapfel, Grosser Rheinischer Bohn, Grosser Rheinischer Bohn Apfel, Grosser Rheinischer Bohnapfel, Grosser Rhenisch Bohnapfel, Jackerle, Nagy Bohn alma, Pomme Bohn, Pomme Haricot, Pomme-Bohn, Reinskoe bobovoe, Rheinischer Bohnapfel, Salzhauser Rheinischer, Strymka, Wax Apple, Weisser Bohn Apfel, Weisser Bohnapfel
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
medium-large 2
Type
Culinary / Dessert 2
Shape
Oblong 2
Height
67.50 mm 2
Width
67.00 mm 2
Ribbing
weak-medium 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour
Brown 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 2
Firmness
firm 2
Coarseness
coarse 2
Flesh Colour
Greenish 2
Accession name
Bohnapfel
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
11th May Full (80%) flowering
18th 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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