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Aigre de Stéphanie
type: Cider, Dessert
summary: Though this rather bitter apple is usually used for cider, the flesh is actually quite pleasant for eating raw after about eight weeks in storage.
identification: Medium size, round. The base colour is a rich yellow which is occasionally blushed a pale orange on the sun-exposed face and marked with abundant, russet lenticels. There can also be some russetting in and around the stem basin. The calyx is small and partly open, set in a shallow, irregular basin. The stem is slender and moderately long, set in a flat cavity.
characteristics: The flesh is greenish-white. Very juicy and sweet and a high level of bitterness.
origins: Thought to have originatedSaint-Lunaire (France) on the coast of Brittany due west of Paris (France)
cold storage: Keeps well for three months in storage. Becomes less bitter in storage.
harvest: Very late, in the latter part of the fifth and more likely the sixth period. Hard and sharp tasting when first harvested. Softens after about a month in storage.
notes: The apple pips are unusually large.
cold storage weeks: 3
harvest period: 6
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