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Gestreifter Sommer Zimmetapfel

Apple

Gestreifter Sommer Zimmetapfel

Origin / History

A German dessert apple, alternatively known as La Ganelle. Described in early pomological literature by Hogg.

Tree

A good grower and bearer.

Fruit

Size: Small

Form: Roundish oblate

Skin: Lemon yellow, with crimson stripes in the sun

Flesh: Yellowish white, fine, juicy, very aromatic, with a cinnamon flavor

Stem: Not described in source

Cavity: Not described in source

Calyx / Basin: Not described in source

Surface features (dots, striping detail): Not described in source

Core / Seeds: Not described in source

Season

August and September

Uses

Dessert apple

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source

Other

Not described in source

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

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Gestreifter Sommer Zimmetapfel. La Ganelle. An excellent little German dessert Apple described by Hogg. Tree a good grower and bearer. Fruit small, roundish oblate, lemon yellow, with crimson stripes in the sun. Flesh yellowish white, fine, juicy, very aromatic, cinnamon. August and September. (Hogg.)

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