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Schneiderapfel
type: Cider, Juice, Pie
synonyms: Albisser, Streifacher, Welscher Grünacher
summary: Used primarily for pies and tarts, juice and cider. The seedlings of this cultivar are often used for vigorous root stock.
identification: Medium to large size, round. The base colour is bright green, blushed pale red.
characteristics: The flesh is pale yellow. Crisp, somewhat firm. Very juicy, well-balanced, sweet-tart. Aromatic. Bruises easily.
origins: Originated as a chance seedling in the Kanton Zürich (Switzerland) in 1746.
cultivation: Vigorous, upright spreading. Slow to start setting fruit. Heavy crops annually. Tolerates higher elevations up to 800 metres.
cold storage: Keeps up to four months.
vulnerabilities: Resistant to fire blight.
harvest: Through the first half of the fifth period.
juice character: Designated as a preferred cider variety in 1980.
pollination group: E
pollination peak: 17
ploidism: Triploid. Does not produce viable pollen.
cold storage weeks: 16
brix: 12.2
harvest period: 5
sg: 1.0492
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