An orange-red apple against a yellow background. The fruits have a Cox’s aroma: sweet-tart. The flesh is a creamy white and fairly firm to quite hard.
Ideal variety to make apple sauce.
The variety was created in Germany as a cross between Geheimrat Dr. Oldenburg and Cox’s Orange Pippin. It was marketed in 1962.
Alkmene should be picked from late August to late September and can be stored for a limited length of time – no more than a few weeks.
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Elstar x Delcorf Apache.
Early blossom.
Large size fruit (75 – 85mm), uniform shape and size. Firm and juicy apple. Sweet-tart and delicate aroma.
Harvesting season: +/- 1 week before Delcorf Apache (early August).
Good storage life for an early variety.
Juicy, sweet, fruit keeps very well.
Chance seedling discovered in 1870 by A. Lucas in Blois, France.
Harvesting season: early to mid-October.
Will keep as far as late January only when mechanically refrigerated.
Created by M. Bonnet in Bologne-sur-mer, France. Early blossom time. Medium-sized, spinning top-shaped fruit. Short and wide, russet fruit. Soft, juicy with a sweet flavour. Harvesting season: early September. Will keep as far as mid-November.
Colour mutant of Boskoop Schmitz Hubsch created by J. van Laar in Margraten (NL). Evenly red, unstriped, medium sized fruit (75/85mm). Long storage life. Harvesting season: late September, early October.
Mutant of Boskoop created by R. Quast in Hamburg, Germany. Intensely red fruit, evenly coloured with a yellowish green background colour. Early blossom time. Harvesting season: mid-September.
Colour mutant of Boskoop Schmitz Hubsch created by J. van Laar in Margraten (NL). Evenly red, unstriped, medium sized fruit (75/85mm). Long storage life. Harvesting season: late September, early October.
Yellow mutant of Golden which is well resistant to russeting. Soft skin. Sweet flavour with low acidity. Harvesting season: mid-September. Suited for long storage life.
Cross between Broket July and Williams. Discovered in Norway. Very productive red summer pear. Crunchy, sweet medium sized fruit. Harvesting season: two weeks before Conference.
Made for Thaddeus Clapp from Dorchester (Massachusetts), USA in 1860. Large fruits with regular shape. Very juicy. yellowish green pear with a red flush, with a late blossom time. Slightly rusty colour around the stalk. White, juicy and sweet flesh with little aroma. Harvesting season of this pear variety is in the second half of August. It is a typical summer pear with a short storage life.
From Denmark. Medium sized pear with good amount of flesh. Harvesting season: mid-September. Will keep into late October.