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Roter Eiserapfel
type: Dessert
synonyms: Arsapple, Bamberger, Cristapfel, Eiser, Eiser rote, Eiser Rouge, Elizer rosu, Herzapfel, Hunt’s Royal Red, Jarnapple, Kloserapfel, Kloster Apfel, Kohlapfel, Nagelsapfel, Paradies Apfel, Eiser Rouge, Rahm Apfel, Rahmapfel, Red Eisen, Roter Eiser, Rother Backapfel, Schornsteinfeger, Zelezniak
identification: Medium tending to large size, round and sometimes tending to conic, faintly ribbed on the sides. Deep red, often with a lilac bloom, over a greenish yellow base colour. Red stripes are evident on the shaded face where the background shows through. Abundantly marked with medium size, light-coloured lenticels. The calyx is small and tightly close, set in a shallow basin, surrounded by a knobbed crown. The stem is short and medium thickset in a moderately deep, wide cavity which is often russetted.
characteristics: Flesh is cream coloured, very hard and fine-grained. Sweet and slightly tart.
uses: dessert
origins: Germany 1700
cultivation: Vigorous, upright spreading tree. Bears fruit on spurs.
cold storage: Up to four months
harvest: In the middle of the fourth period.
cold storage weeks: 16
harvest period: 4
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