Edel Konig

Apple

Edel Konig

Origin/History A German culinary apple of first-rate quality. Also known as Ro.-Tres-Noble.

Fruit

Size: Large
Form: Roundish conical, truncated, ribbed
Skin: Yellowish green; deep purplish crimson in sun
Flesh: White, tinged with pink; tender, juicy, sugary. Flavor distinctly raspberry.

Season October, November.

Uses Culinary.

Tree Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Edel Konig. Ro.-Tres-Noble. A German culinary Apple of first-rate quality. Fruit large, roundish conical, truncated, ribbed, yellowish green, deep purplish crimson in sun. Flesh white, tinged with pink, tender, juicy, sugary, raspberry flavor. October, November. (Hogg.)

— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Reinette Edelkonig Ro.-Tres-Noble Edelkonig Reinette