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Altländer Fettapfel
type: Culinary, Sauce
synonyms: Altlander Fettapfel
identification: Round conic, distinctly angular sides, randomly knobbed crown, often irregular. Green, sometimes with a brownish red blush on the sun exposed face. The eye is closed and on the small side, set in a narrow and shallow, puckered basin surround by an irregularly knobbed crown and ridged. The stem is slender and medium length, set in a moderately deep and funnel-shaped cavity which is usually russeted. The skin has a greasy feel.
characteristics: The flesh is white, crisp. Intense flavour.
uses: Makes a flavourful, cream coloured sauce.
origins: Germany
cultivation: Moderately vigorous.
cold storage: Keeps two months in cold storage.
harvest: In the middle of the fourth period.
pollination group: D
pollination peak: 14
ploidism: Diploid Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 8
harvest period: 4
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