Saffron apple

Saffron apple
Synonyms	Saffer (dialect), Safran-Reinette (1863)
	Drawing by Christian Eduard Langethal from 1863
Art	Cultivated apple ( Malus domestica )
origin	probably Western Ore Mountains
known since	1700
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The saffron apple is a historical regional apple variety that has been recorded in the Western Ore Mountains since around 1700 and is still widespread in the Vogtland and the Ore Mountains today. The Saxony regional group of the pomologists' association declared the saffron apple to be the “Saxon fruit variety 2017” .

Variety characteristics

The saffron apple is saffron yellow, very juicy and has a fine, sweet and sour taste. The fruits can be used both as dessert fruit or as a commercial apple, can be stored for a long time and are ready to be enjoyed around Christmas time. Typical of the apple is its pitted, lumpy surface.

The tree makes no special demands on the soil and can get very old. The variety is extremely frost-hardy and for this reason has proven itself in the rough locations of the Ore Mountains and Vogtland. A larger occurrence is in the Waldkirchen area (Lengenfeld) .

Because of its good taste and long shelf life as a winter table apple, the variety is also suitable for processing purposes.

literature

Eduard Lucas , JGC Oberdieck : Illustrirtes Handbuch der Obstkunde , first volume: Äpfel, Stuttgart 1875, p. 213.

Web links

Commons : Saffron Apple - Collection of images, videos and audio files

BUND-Lemgo fruit variety database
Saffron apple , flyer from the Pomologists Association of the State of Saxony, 2016
The saffron apple from Waldkirchen in Vogtland

Individual notes

↑ Katrin Saft: The saffron apple returns in Sächsische Zeitung on August 19, 2016.
↑ ^a ^b Safranapfel , Flyer of the Pomologen Verein, LGr. Sachsen; Retrieved March 3, 2017
↑ Silvia Kölbel: Planting campaign: Vogtland richer with saffron apple trees in: Free Press of August 24, 2016.
↑ Katrin Saft: The saffron apple returns in: Sächsische Zeitung from August 19, 2016.

[1] Katrin Saft: The saffron apple returns in Sächsische Zeitung on August 19, 2016.

[PVS-2] Safranapfel , Flyer of the Pomologen Verein, LGr. Sachsen; Retrieved March 3, 2017

[3] Silvia Kölbel: Planting campaign: Vogtland richer with saffron apple trees in: Free Press of August 24, 2016.

[4] Katrin Saft: The saffron apple returns in: Sächsische Zeitung from August 19, 2016.