Grass flowers
| 'Grass flowers' | |
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| Synonyms | 'Red Sickinger' |
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| Art | Cultivated apple ( Malus domestica ) |
| origin | Southwest Palatinate ( Glan-Münchweiler ) |
| known since | 1864 |
| List of apple varieties | |
The term grass flower refers to a winter apple variety that is harvested in October. The name was used as early as 1864 by the pomologist Friedrich Jakob Dochnahl for an apple variety from ' Glan-Münchweiler '. The 'Grasblümchen' is an old regional variety of the southwest Palatinate from the area Höheinöd , Bann , Großbundenbach , which is now being reproduced again. The taste of the 'grass flower' is described as "moderately sweet, moderately aromatic" .
In 2006 the 'Grasblümchen' received the Palatinate Fruit Tree of the Year award . Another name for the variety is 'Roter Sickinger'.
Variety characteristics
The tree shows strong growth.
The fruit stalk is medium in length. The chalice is half-open. The fruit is medium-sized, slightly conical and asymmetrical, green-yellow, deeply flamed red, often completely reddened. The “ pulp ” is greenish-white and fine-celled. The taste is moderately sweet, moderately aromatic with little acidity . The shelf life lasts until January. The 'grass flower' is used as a table and economic apple .
literature
- Herbert Ritthaler (Red.): Palatinate fruit culture, leisure acquisition, orchards. Pomologists Association V. 2012.
Web links
Individual evidence
Heimeldinger (2000) | Kandel sugar plum (2001) | Seitersbirne (2002) | Lambsheim short-stemmed cherry (2003) | Lord's Apple (2004) | Veldenzer (2005) | Grass Flowers (2006) | Frankelbacher Weinbirne (2007) | Haumüller (2008) | Freinsheimer Taffetapfel (2009) | Wine Roses (2010) | Weinling (2011) | Offenbacher Rote (2012) | Dürkheimer Krachmandel (2013) | Red Augustinian (2014) | Early Rote Meckenheimer (2015)