Polisher Herrenapfel

Apple

Polisher Herrenapfel

Origin/History Russia

Tree Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Medium or above

Form: Regular, oblate, truncated

Stem: Medium

Cavity: Wide, regular, russeted

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Wide, very abrupt, with small prominences around the eye (marked characteristic)

Skin: Unctuous at maturity. Yellow, mostly covered with dark red, rather solid coloring, slightly mixed with dark crimson splashes. Dots obscure, minute, white, few.

Flesh/Flavor: White, subacid, good.

Core/Seeds: Core closed

Season October

Uses Not described in source.

Subtypes/Variants Not described in source.

Other Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

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Polisher Herrenapfel—Origin, Russia—Fruit medium or above, regular, oblate, truncated; surface unctuous at maturity, yellow, mostly covered with dark red, rather solid coloring, slightly mixed, with dark crimson splashes; dots obscure, minute, white, few; cavity wide, regular, russeted; stem medium; basin (marked characteristic) wide, very abrupt, with small prominences around the eye. Core closed; flesh white, subacid, good. October.

— N.E. Hansen, A Study of Northwestern Apples (1902)

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