Prinzen Apfel
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Originated in Germany. Known in the 1700s. Fruits have fairly fine, tender, firm, yellowish-white flesh with a slightly sweet, subacid flavour.
Synonyms:
Ananas Apfel, Ananasapfel, Berliner, Berliner Hasenkopf, Bruderapfel, Bunter Langhans, Bunter Langhaus, Citronapple, de Prince, Dunnstiel, Dynnoe, Englischer Flaschen Apfel, Englischer Flaschenapfel, Fass-Apfel, Fassches Apfel, Fejedelmialma, Flaschenapfel, Flaskaeble, Flaskeaeble, Frankischer Nonnen Apfel, Frankischer Nonnenapfel, Friedel-Apfel, Glockenapfel, Haber Apfel, Haber-Apfel, Haberapfel, Haferapfel, Hasenkopf, Hasenkopf von Lubben, Hasenkopf von Lubbon, Hasenkopf von Luebben, Klapperapfel, Klockapple, Kniazeka, Knyazheskoe, Ksiazece, Ksiazece melonowe, Mela melone, Melon, Melonapple, Melonen, Melonen Apfel, Melonenapfel, Monchsklos, Nonnen, Nonnen Apfel, Nonnenapfel, Nonnentute, Nonnentutte, Nonnetit, Nonnetitte, Nonnetity, Nun, Nun's Apfel, Pomme de Prince, Pomme Grelot, Pomme Melon, Princesse, Print, Printsovskoe, Prinz, Prinzen, Prinzen-Apfel, Prinzenapfel, Rechtac prinouv, Rehtac Soudkovity, Retechtac sondkovity, Roll-Apfel, Rotgesprengter Schlotter Apfel, Rotgestreifter Schlotterapfel, Schlotterapfel von d. Flees, Shlotter Apfel von dem Flees, Tonkostebelnoe, Trompeter Apfel, Trompeterapfel, Walzen Apfel
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Size
medium-large 2
Type
Dessert 2
Shape
Ellipsoid 2
Height
76.00 mm 2
Width
70.50 mm 2
Ribbing
medium 2
Ground Colour
Green yellow 2
Over Colour
Orange 2
Over Colour (Pattern)
streaked 2
Russet
low 2
Firmness
firm 2
Coarseness
fine 2
Flesh Colour
Yellowish 2
Accession name
Prinzen Apfel
Flowering time
7th May 10% flowering
12th May Full (80%) flowering
21st May 90% 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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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