Geheimrat Doktor Oldenburg

Dessert apple

Dessert apple

Malus domestica Borkh.

Raised in 1897 at the Vine, Fruit & Horticulture Station, Geisenheim, Germany. Fruits have fine, softish flesh with a subacid flavour.

Synonyms:
Geheimrat Oldenburg, Oldenburg

Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.

Parentage:
Minister von Hammerstein x Baumann's Reinette

Mother to:
Roba
Clivia

Father to:
Elektra

Fruit Size
medium ^b

Fruit Shape
intermediate, truncate-conic, convex ^b

Fruit Height
60 mm ^b

Fruit Width
68 mm ^b

Ribbing
ribbed at eye ^b

Ground Colour
yellowish green to orange ^b

Over Colour
flushed and striped red ^b

Flesh Colour
yellowish white, tinged green ^b

Flesh Texture
fine, loose texture ^b

Flavour
subacid ^b

Accession No.
1958 - 065   fingerprint   check_circle

Accession name
Geheimrat Doktor Oldenburg

Flowering time
1st May 10% flowering
7th May Full (80%) flowering
14th May 90% petal fall

Picking time
Early September ^a

Size
medium ^a

Type
Dessert ^a

Shape
Globose conical ^a

Height
63.67 mm ^a

Width
66.75 mm ^a

Ribbing
absent ^a

Crown
very weak ^a

Ground Colour
Green yellow ^a

Over Colour (Amount)
medium ^a

Over Colour
Red ^a

Over Colour (Pattern)
striped/mottled ^a

Russet
very low ^a

Crunch
crisp ^a

Flesh Colour
Yellowish ^a

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a. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.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