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Apple varieties, Switzerland

Tobiasler

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

Originated with Tobias Schmidheini, in Canton of Baselland, Switzerland. Known in 1805. Fruits have firm, crisp, coarse, greenish flesh with a very acid and aromatic flavour.

Where Tobiasler came from.

Sources

Tobiasler (accession 1947 - 088), 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.