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Aargauer Rosen
type: Culinary, Dessert
synonyms: Baschi, Baschiapfel, Bornapfel, Weissrosen, San Sebastian, Weissrosen, Weiss-Rosen, Weisser Rosen, Weisser Rosenapfel, Pomme rose blanche,
summary: Possibly a Roman variety with origins in the western Pyrenees.
identification: Medium to large size. The base colour is greenish-yellow, washed red and marked with darker stripes. Small, russetted lentices. The eye is small and tightly closed set in a shallow and wide basin. The stem is medium length, medium slender and set in a medium deep and wide, russetted cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is slightly yellowish, firm, coarse grained. Juicy, moderately sweet, winey and slightly tart. Aromatic.
uses: Culinary and dessert.
origins: Considered to be a Swiss apple grown in the Aargau region where it may have originated, but it may have originated as a Basque variety in the western Pyrenees, possibly in Roman times.
cultivation: Vigorous. Upright spreading.
cold storage: Keeps up to three months.
harvest: Starting in the middle of the fourth period.
pollination group: B
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 4
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