Pomiferous
Welcome to the world's most extensive apples (pommes) database.
Information on over 7,000 apples is available here, all carefully researched and provided in a way that is easy to navigate.
Essching
type: Cooking, Sauce
identification: Medium to large, round. The skin is green maturing to yellow and washed red on the sun exposed surfaces.The eye is small and closed, set in a deep and narrow basin which is ofen surrounded by heavily knobbed crown. The stem is short and stout, set in a deep and narrow cavity which is surrounded by a light russet which radiates onto the shoulder.
characteristics: The flesh is cream coloured, crisp. Acidic.
uses: Cooking. Makes a brisk, flavourful, cream coloured sauce.
origins: A Belgium variety, local to West Flanders.
cultivation: Vigorous, biennial.
cold storage: Keeps ups to three months.
harvest: During the last half of the fourth period.
pollination group: B
pollination peak: 7
ploidism: Self sterile. Group B Day 7
cold storage weeks: 12
harvest period: 4
Donate a cider?
©2016-2021 Pomiferous.com. All rights reserved