Double melon apple
| Double melon apple | |
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| Synonyms | Double melon, double prince's apple |
| Art | Cultivated apple ( Malus domestica ) |
| origin | Northern Germany |
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The double melon apple , also known as the double prince's apple , is an old North German apple variety. It is a triploid cross of Prinzenapfel as a mother and an unknown father variety. The part of the name “double” refers to the significantly larger apples, which a Swiss fruit growing expert described in 1913 as “the largest known fruit”. There are still many local names in use, such as Hasenkopf, Walzenapfel, which are also used for the Prinzenapfel.
tree
The tree shows weak growth in youth, later growing stronger, it forms thin long shoots. It prefers mountain and sea climates. It blooms late but long and is resistant to bad weather. The variety is mainly recommended for high and half trunks. The variety gets some fruit tree cancer .
fruit
The fruit is large, about 80 mm wide and high. The shape of the fruit is elongated, the skin is smooth, yellow / red striped and spotted. The pulp is yellowish white, finely loose and crumbly. The taste is slightly sour, without any particular aroma.
literature
- Fruit variety boards "After work" . Vienna approx. 1944, online .
swell
- ^ State capital Potsdam (ed.): Fruit Atlas of the Russian Colony Alexandrowka in Potsdam: A pomological guide. Potsdam 2012, p. 82.
- ↑ a b c David Szalatnay, Andrea Frei: How a German prince became a beautiful Englishman. Schweizerische Zeitschrift für Obst- und Weinbau 15/2009, pp. 11–13 PDF (349 kB) ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
