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Apple varieties, Germany

Orangenburg

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

Raised at Max Planck Institute, Cologne, Germany. Introduced in 1973. Fruits are crisp and juicy and slightly acid with little flavour.

Where Orangenburg came from.

Sources

Orangenburg (accession 1984 - 138), 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).