Ernst Bosch

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised by D. Uhlhorn, Germany. It was first recorded in 1908. Fruits have firm, coarse flesh with a subacid flavour.

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Ananas Reinette x Manks Codlin

Fruit Size
small to medium ^b

Fruit Shape
intermediate to tall, rectangular to truncate-conic, convex ^b

Fruit Height
46-51 mm ^b

Fruit Width
49-53 mm ^b

Ground Colour
pale greenish yellow ^b

Russet Type
scattered russet and transparent dots ^b

Flesh Colour
white ^b

Flesh Texture
firm, coarse ^b

Flavour
subacid ^b

Accession No.
1951 - 049   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Ernst Bosch

Flowering time
1st May 10% flowering
6th May Full (80%) flowering
13th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early September ^a

Size
small-medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Globose ^a

Ribbing
weak-medium ^a

Crown
weak ^a

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
absent ^a

Over Colour
Orange ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out ^a

Russet
low ^a

Firmness
firm ^a

Coarseness
coarse ^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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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