Emperor Alexander (apple)
| Emperor Alexander | |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | Alexander Apple (England), Aporta (first name in Russia), Aporta Nalivia ( Diel ), Grand Alexandre (France), Président Napoleon (France); Albertin, common apple |
|
|
| Art | Cultivated apple ( Malus domestica ) |
| group | Rambour apples |
| origin | Southern Russia or Ukraine |
| known since | 1817 |
| ancestry | |
|
unknown |
|
| List of apple varieties | |
Kaiser Alexander is an old apple variety from Russia. The autumn apple is one of the rambour or pound apples. It is named after Tsar Alexander I.
Variety characteristics
The Kaiser Alexander apple reaches a considerable size. The skin is streaked and painted crimson red over the whole fruit so that the basic color hardly shines through. Its meat is beautifully white, fluffy, juicy and has a pleasantly spicy, finely raspberry-like, wine-rich sugar taste. Edible from November to February.
Mecklenburg's first pomologist Franz Hermann Müschen describes it like this and also provides an indication of the probable age of the variety: “ A splendor = apple of admired size and beauty, which was introduced from Kurland to England and Germany eight years ago . The sample crops sent from Riga to England in 1817 were five and a half inches wide and nearly five inches high. "
Apple variety show at the Späth tree nursery
Three emperors meeting
sun-ripened specimens
literature
- Description of the excellent older and newest pome and stone fruit varieties that can be safely and profitably planted in northern Germany. Second division. In addition to an addendum about wine and other soft fruit varieties, also about the culture of the vine. By Franz Hermann Müschen , organist at Belitz near Güstrow. Rostock 1826, pp. 5-6. ( Digitized version )
- Systematic description of the most excellent pome fruit varieties available in Germany. Second ribbon: apples and pears. From Dr. Adrian Diel . Stuttgart and Tübingen 1823, pp. 65–70. ( Digitized version )
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ State capital Potsdam (ed.): Fruit Atlas of the Russian Colony Alexandrowka in Potsdam: A pomological guide. Potsdam 2012, p. 125.
- ↑ Orange Pippin - All about apples: Alexander apple .
- ^ Franz Hermann Müschen: Description of the most excellent older and newest pome and stone fruit varieties , pp. 5–6.