The World of Apples

Apple varieties, Germany

Roter Eiserapfel

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

Originated in Germany in the early 1700s. Fruits have very hard, fine, creamy white flesh with a sweet, subacid flavour.

Sources

  1. Roter Eiserapfel (accession 1948 - 662), 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.

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