The World of Apples

Apple varieties, Germany

Gewurzluiken

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

Propagated since 1885 (approx). From North Wurttemberg, Baden, Germany.

Sources

  1. Gewurzluiken (accession 1951 - 175), 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).
  2. Using whole-genome SNP data to reconstruct a large multi-generation pedigree in apple germplasm, Hélène Muranty and others, BMC Plant Biology 20:2, 2020. Supports: its ploidy, diploid (supplementary table S1).

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