FRAISE D' HOFINGER
AppleOrigin/History
Found by Liegel in the Rev. Hofinger's garden at St. Peters, Brunau, before 1851.
Tree
Growth habit: Compact, upright spreading
Leaf: Upheld and upfolded, regularly crenate
Fruit
Size and form: Rather large, 2½ by 3; round with slightly rounded eye end
Color: Pale yellow, shaded nearly all over with rich carmine, approaching Gascoynes Seedling in colour
Calyx/eye: Closed, in a very deep and slightly irregular basin
Stem and cavity: Stem short and stout, in a moderately deep cavity, rather irregular in shape
Flesh and flavor: Greenish-white with slight musky flavour
Season
November to March
Uses
Dessert
Other
"Of no merit except for its lovely colour"
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— E.A. Bunyard, A Handbook of Hardy Fruits (1920)FRAISE D' HOFINGER. G., Hofingers Himbeer Apfel. Dessert, November to March, rather large, 2½ by 3, round, slightly rounded to eye. Colour, pale yellow, shaded nearly all over with rich carmine, approaching Gascoynes Seedling in colour. Flesh, greenish-white, slight musky flavour. Eye, closed, in a very deep and slightly irregular basin. Stem, short and stout, in a moderately deep cavity, rather irregular in shape. Growth, compact, upright spreading. Leaf, upheld and upfolded, regularly crenate. Origin, found by Liegel in the Rev. Hofinger's garden, at St. Peters, Brunau, before 1851. Of no merit except for its lovely colour.