Carola (apple)
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| Synonyms | Kalco |
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| Art | Cultivated apple ( Malus domestica ) |
| origin | Müncheberg ( GDR ) |
| Institute | Fruit growing research institute Müncheberg |
| Breeding year | 1962 |
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The apple variety Carola (alternatively: Kalco ) is a modern table fruit of the cultivated apple ( Malus domestica ), which is grown in Western and Central Europe .
description
The tree is of medium-strong, later weaker growth and prefers open, nutrient-rich soils. It bears large, lemon-yellow fruits flamed red on the sunny side, with white-yellow, medium-firm flesh, which are very juicy, tangy, sweet and noble aromatic. The early winter variety is prone to specks , glassiness , rot, scab , powdery mildew (medium) and is sensitive to pressure. The yield starts very early, sometimes as early as the second year, and is very high; after very high yields, the variety tends to alternate .
use
In addition to being used as a table apple, it can also be used industrially as puree and pieces. The variety is picked, in September and can then be used directly ( ripe to eat ), a storage is possible by December.
Breeds and History
This apple variety was bred in Müncheberg from seeds of the Cox's Orangenrenette .
Pollinating varieties
Alkmene , Cox Orange , James Grieve , Goldparmäne , Klarapfel , Idared , privy councilor Dr. Oldenburg
literature
- Herbert Petzold : apple varieties; Neumann Verlag; Leipzig, Radebeul 1979, ISBN 3-7402-0075-8 .
- Franz Mühl: Old and new apple varieties, fruit and horticultural publisher of the Bavarian State Association for Horticulture and Land Care eV, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-87596-093-9 .
