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Alkmene
type: Culinary, Dessert, Pie
synonyms: Alkemene, Early Windsor
summary: Resembles Cox's Orange Pippin in shape, colour and flavour.
Excellent when eaten out of hand, but also a remarkable apple for pies and turn-overs.
identification: Medium size, round to round conic. The background is greenish yellow, maturing to golden yellow, washed bright red to orange on the sun-exposed face. Light-coloured, large lenticels are prominent and abundant on the red face. The calyx is large, partly opened and set in a shallow and wide basin surrounded by a lightly knobbed crown. A short, stout stem sits in a moderately deep, narrow cavity.
characteristics: Cream-coloured flesh is fine-grained, crisp, juicy and generally dense. Slightly tart. Look for a honeyed flavour. Very aromatic.
origins: The Alkmene was developed during the 1930s by M. Schmidt and H. Murawski at the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut für Züchtungsforschung in Müncheberg (Germany) by crossing Cox’s Orange Pippin with pollen from Geheimrat Doktor Oldenburg . It was released in 1962. It was renamed Early Windsor during the mid-1990s in for marketing purposes.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading spur bearer. Bears first fruit quite young. Works well in a hobby orchard or as a garden variety and generally well received for farm gate sales. Produces heavy harvests annually when provided with compatible pollen in early mid-season.
mutations: Red Windsor, Ceeval
cold storage: Keeps up to two months. It reaches its peak in juiciness and flavour two weeks after harvest.
vulnerabilities: Somewhat susceptible to fire blight and canker, resistant to scab and mildew.
harvest: Mid-season. Through the fourth period.
notes: Named for the mother of the Roman god, Hercules.
The pollen parent of this variety is often listed simply as Oldenburg which causes the incorrect assumption that the pollen parent is Duchess of Oldenburg rather than Geheimrat Doktor Oldenburg
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 7
ploidism: Self fertile but produces the best crops when grown in proximity to a suitable source of pollen.
cold storage weeks: 8
brix: 12.9
harvest period: 4
sg: 1.0521
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