Kloppenheim Streifling
Kloppenheim Streifling | |
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Synonyms | Benders Sweet Apple, French Sweet Apple, Kloppenheimer Matapfel |
Art | Cultivated apple ( Malus domestica ) |
origin | Kloppenheim |
known since | 1854 |
List of apple varieties |
The Kloppenheimer Streifling is an old cultivar of the cultivated apple . It is a local variety from the Mainz / Wiesbaden area - named after the town of Kloppenheim - today a district of Wiesbaden. The following synonyms are known: Kloppenheimer Matapfel , Bender's sweet apple and French sweet apple .
history
The variety was categorized by Johann Joseph Trapp von Ehrenschild (1860 in Berlin founder of the German Pomologists Association ) in 1854 under the name "Kloppenheimer Matapfel". Although the variety was regularly to be found as a winter apple in the markets of Mainz and Wiesbaden between 1870 and 1930, only one tree that was planted in Igstadt in 1936 was known until recently . In the meantime, however, the Kloppenheimer Streifling is increasing again and is available in selected nurseries in Hesse. The Kloppenheimer Streifling is the " Hessian fruit variety of the year 2007 ".
description
The shape and size of the fruit are similar to the Rhenish bean apple . The flesh is whitish and firm. Until the end of December the taste is juicy with a pleasant acidity, later it changes to sweetish with a slightly bitter aftertaste.
use
Due to the late flowering, this variety is insensitive to frost. The winter variety is harvested in mid-October and can be stored until March (April). It is predominantly used as a cider apple and dried fruit , but after a short storage period it is also suitable for fresh consumption. The variety is fast-growing and forms large spherical crowns, regular thinning is important.
swell
- Information sheet 2007 (PDF; 370 kB) from the Pomologists Association
- See: Theodor Engelbrecht Germany's apple varieties: illustrated systematic representation of the apple varieties grown in the area of the German pomologist . Braunschweig 1889. With descriptions for 688 apple varieties . No. 599, p. 666.
literature
- Dr. JK Thomae: Kloppenheimer Streifling. In Pomologische Monatshefte, 1871, pp. 292-297
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hessian local variety 2007 Pomologists Association 2006 PDF 226 kB