Roter Munsterlander Borsdorfer
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Synonyms:
Borsdorfer Munsterlander Roter
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Received by the National Fruit Trials in 1951 from Germany. Fruits have firm, somewhat coarse, greenish white flesh with a subacid and slightly sweet flavour.
Accession name
Roter Munsterlander Borsdorfer
Flowering time
9th May 10% flowering
14th May Full (80%) flowering
23rd May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Late October 1
Size
medium-large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Globose conical 1
Ribbing
weak 1
Crown
very weak 1
Ground Colour
Green yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
medium 1
Over Colour
Dark Red 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out/solid flush 1
Russet
low-medium 1
Greasiness
Medium 1
Firmness
firm 1
Coarseness
coarse 1
Flesh Colour
Greenish 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register