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Apple varieties, United States

Banziger

The record of the National Fruit Collection, at Brogdale in Kent, describes it¹:

An American variety which was introduced in about 1890 to Switzerland as ‘Amerikaner’. Fruits have sweet, softish flesh.

Sources

Banziger (accession 1947 - 095), National Fruit Collection, Brogdale, Kent (Defra). Supports: the description quoted; the use; the fruit's size, shape and colours and the flesh, from the collection's characterisation; the picking time at Brogdale (mid october); the other names.