Ernst Bosch

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

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 1

Size
small-medium 1

Type
Dessert 1

Shape
Globose 1

Ribbing
weak-medium 1

Crown
weak 1

Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1

Over Colour (Amount)
absent 1

Over Colour
Orange 1

Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out 1

Russet
low 1

Firmness
firm 1

Coarseness
coarse 1

Flesh Colour
White 1

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 NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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