The World of Apples

Apple varieties, Austria

Kronprinz Rudolf

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

Originated with I. Klochner, Steiermark, Austria from seed sown in 1863. Fruits have fine, soft flesh with a sweet subacid and perfumed flavour.

Sources

  1. Kronprinz Rudolf (accession 1951 - 186), 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 (early october); the other names.