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Kosztela
type: Dessert
synonyms: Costel, Costyla, Costylka, Wierzbówka Biała, Wierzbówka Zimowa
summary: This very sweet desert apple from Poland may well have been grown by Polish monks during the Middle Ages. Favoured by King Jan III Sobieski, who gave it its name. Still available at many Polish nurseries.
identification: Medium size fruit, flat-round shape, sometimes conic, with faint ribbing. The skin is thick, coloured green ripening to straw yellow. Marked with abundant, medium size, dark lenticels, raised. Sometimes the sun exposed face is lightly blushed pink. The stem is short and slender, set in a deep and narrow cavity which is russeted. The calyx is small and closed, set in a shallow and moderately wide basin.
characteristics: The flesh is white, firm. Very sweet, juicy, moderately aromatic. Bruises easily. Browns quickly when exposed to air.
origins: Poland, said to have been grown by monks in the late 1500s.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading crown. Begins to set fruit four to seven years after planting. Produces annually but alternates between light and heavy crops. Prone to heavy branching and needs regular pruning. Fruit tends to drop as soon as it approaches ripeness.
cold storage: Keeps up to eight weeks in storage.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the middle of the fourth period, but benefits keeping in storage for three to four weeks to fully mature. Frequently develops dark blotching in extended storage.
pollination peak: 1
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