Hawthornden (apple)
| Hawthornden | |
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| Synonyms | Lincolnshire Pippin Lord Kingston hawthorn apple |
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| Art | Cultivated apple ( Malus domestica ) |
| origin | Hawthornden , Scotland |
| known since | circa 1780 |
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| List of apple varieties | |
The Hawthornden apple , or Hawthornden for short , is a cultivated apple that was grown as a random seedling in Hawthornden ( Scotland ). It is also incorrectly known as the hawthorn apple in German-speaking countries .
description
Today the Hawthornden is mainly used as an economic apple. The fruit of the tree is medium to large in size, and the shape is irregular. The flesh of the apple is white, fine-celled, very juicy and has a tartaric taste. Its basic color is greenish-yellow, later more yellowish; the opaque color on the sunny side pale red. The skin is smooth, waxy, with numerous, fine, white lenticels . Special features: flat apple with a long stem; large, open core house and small, spherical cores.
The tree's characteristics include medium-sized, egg-shaped, or elliptical leaves. Its crown is broadly spherical with a lot of whorls. The flowering is early to medium early and insensitive. The summer shoots are slender, brown-red, finely dotted, slightly woolly towards the tip. The tree bears early, abundantly and regularly. Hawthornden apples are edible shortly after they are picked in October and last until January.
It is considered one of the best economic crops. As a mass carrier for small apple shapes, the Hawthornden also deserves the attention of allotment gardeners. The tree grows in any position and in any soil, including grassland, and is extremely portable.
history
The apple was grown in Hawthornden, not far from Edinburgh , and from 1790 onwards distributed worldwide by a London tree nursery . Wilhelm Lauche praised the apple tree in his six-volume book series Deutsche Pomologie from 1882 because of its "uncommonly rich portability, the beauty of the fruit and its usefulness for business".
A short time later, the apple variety was also widely used in German-speaking countries. Because Hawthornden is often difficult to pronounce for people learning English as a foreign language , the name was colloquially translated literally into hawthorn apple. However, this translation is incorrect. The apple of Hawthornden is not a combination of breeding with the Hagedorn (Engl. Hawthorn ), but was named after the location: Hawthornden .
See also
Left
- BUND fruit variety database accessed on December 20, 2018
Individual evidence
- ^ SA Beach, NO Booth, OM Taylor: Hawthornden. The apples of New York. JB Lyon, 1905, pp. 96-96. in: Biodiversity Heritage Library, accessed December 20, 2018
- ^ Wilhelm Lauche: German pomology. Hawthornden Apple. Paray, Berlin, 1882. in: Wageningen University & Research on Social Media, accessed on December 20, 2018
- ↑ Hawthornden (family of flat apples) in: Obstdatenbank BUND , accessed on December 20, 2018
- ^ Wilhelm Lauche: German pomology. Hawthornden Apple. Paray, Berlin, 1882. in: Wageningen University & Research on Social Media, accessed on December 20, 2018
- ↑ Hagedornapfel (apple) in: Stiftung Kompetenzzentrum Obstbau-Bodensee, accessed on August 27, 2018
- ↑ Fr. Lucas: Apple from Hawthornden. in: Pomologische Monatshefte, Volume 51, E. Ulmer, 1905, p. 48 f.
- ^ Fellowship of a castle in: The Hindu Business Line, accessed December 17, 2018