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RF: Bakran
type: Culinary, Cider, Dessert
summary: A small, bitter, red-fleshed apple from the Middle East, said to help cure various diseases.
identification: The fruit small, about the size of a walnut, red-fleshed and red-skinned.
characteristics: Juicy, tart and bitter. When fully ripe the flesh moderates somewhat to somewhat sweet. Produces more antioxidants than other apples. Believed to help cure various diseases and prevent cancer.
origins: Grown since the early 1900s in the village of Bakran in northwestern Iran, where it likely originated, as well in other corners of Semnan Province.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to a wide range of diseases with resistance to most problems..
harvest: Late in the fourth period.
pollination peak: 1
ploidism: Diploid. Self-sterile.
harvest period: 4
flowers: Red
foliage: Red
leaves: Reddish
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