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Apple varieties, Switzerland

Thurgauer Weinapfel

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

Originated in Thurgau, Switzerland. Known in Thurgau since the 1860’s. Fruits have firm, crisp, coarse, yellowish flesh with a sweet-sour, aromatic flavour.

Where Thurgauer Weinapfel came from.

Sources

Thurgauer Weinapfel (accession 1948 - 615), 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 (late october); the other names.