Glogerovka
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Thought to have originated either in Lithuania or Russia. It was described in 1903 as Pepinka Litovskaya. Fruits have very tender, loose textured flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.
Synonyms:
?Popovki, ?Popovki polosatoi, Buzhbon, Capenka, Englischer Peppin, Englischer Pepping, English Pippin, Glogieriniai, Glogierowka, Glogirowka, Good Peasant, Imperial, Langerfeldskoe, Lietuvos pepinai, Lietuvos pepinas, Lietuvos pepinka, Lietuvos pepinkos, Litauer Pepping, Litauer Reinette, Littauer Pepping, Littauischer Pepping, Longfield, Longfield America, Longfield's Apple, Pepin de Lithuanie, Pepin Litovskii, Pepinai, Pepinas, Pepinka, Pepinka Litewska, Pepinka Litovskaya, Pepinka Litowska, Rigar Pepping, Roter Rigar Taubenapfel, Ungarischen Rosmarin, Vengerskii Rozmarin
Availability
Material available from the National Fruit Collection.
Father to:
Sharon
Accession name
Glogerovka
Flowering time
28th April 10% flowering
4th May Full (80%) flowering
11th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Mid September 1
Size
medium 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Globose conical 1
Ribbing
weak-medium 1
Crown
weak 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
low 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
washed out/solid flush 1
Russet
very low 1
Firmness
soft 1
Flesh Colour
White 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register