Luikenapfel
| Luikenapfel | |
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| Synonyms | Ludwigsapfel, Luiken |
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| Art | Cultivated apple ( Malus domestica ) |
| origin | Württemberg? |
| known since | 1831 |
| List of apple varieties | |
The Luikenapfel is a variety of the cultivated apple that was first described in 1831. This regional variety was still the most common variety in the orchards of Baden-Württemberg around 1900 . Today it can only be found occasionally. The Luiken belongs to the Streiflinge family and, with its pleasantly sweet-wine taste, is suitable as a table fruit as well as for making must and juice. The National Association for fruit growing, garden and landscape Baden-Württemberg the Luikenapfel was 2004 orchard places of the year appointed to the decline of this crop to draw attention.
The trees are fast growing and can reach a great age. Their crown is flat-spherical and very drooping due to the slender shoots. The yield starts very late and is then not always regular, but high.
The fruits are whitish green to whitish yellow and have dark red stripes. They ripen at the end of September and can be kept until November.
It is sometimes confused with the spice liqueur that appeared later .
literature
- Walter Hartmann : Color Atlas of Old Fruit Types. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2000, ISBN 3-8001-3173-0 .
Web links
- Index card of the variety in the BUND-Lemgo fruit variety database
Jakob Fischer (1998) | Karcherbirne (1999) | Dolleseppler (2000) | Red Star Renette (2001) | Sülibirne (2002) | Date plum (2003) | Luikenapfel (2004) | Palmisch Pear (2005) | Danzig Kantapfel (2006) | Unterländer Cherry (2007) | Wild Egg Pear (2008) | Esslinger Scheckenkirsche (2009) | Little Fleiner (2010) | Duchess Elsa (2011) | Rose apple from Schönbuch (2012) | Paul's Pear (2013) | French gold renette (2014) | Benjaminler (2015) | Ulmer Butterbirne (2016) | Sonnenwirtsapfel (2017) | Knausbirne (2018) | Öhringer Blutstreifling (2019)