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Altländer Klunsterapfel
type: Cooking, Cider, Dessert
synonyms: Altlander Klunsterapfel, Klunster
identification: Medium tending to large, round. The base colour is green over which is a brick red blush on the sun-exposed face. The calyx is large and open, set in a moderately shallow basin. The stem is stout and short, set in a shallow and narrow cavity which is russeted with rays often extending over the shoulder.
characteristics: The flesh is white, fine-grained and firm. Sweet and verging on sharp, but very mild flavour.
uses: Dessert, also used for cooking and cider.
origins: Widely grown in the area of Altland (Germany) during the 1800s and into the middle 1900s, but has since fallen from favour.
cultivation: Strongly biennial. Ready for harvest in the middle of the fifth period. Grows to 14 metres on its own roots.
cold storage: Keeps three months in storage
vulnerabilities: Resistant to scab.
pollination group: C
pollination peak: 11
ploidism: Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 12
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