Princesse Noble

Apple

Princesse Noble

Origin and History

An excellent Dutch apple. The German name Grosser Edler Prinzessinapfel is also recorded for this variety.

Tree

A good grower with early and reliable bearing.

Fruit

Medium-sized, roundish, and somewhat conical. Yellowish color with many broken stripes of red. Flesh yellowish white, firm, juicy, pleasant, and vinous.

Season

November.

Uses

Not described in source.

Subtypes and Variants

Not described in source.

Other

This description is attributed to Hogg, as published in A.J. Downing's The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900).

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

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Princesse Noble. Grosser Edler Prinzessinapfel. An excellent Dutch Apple. Tree a good grower, an early and good bearer. Fruit medium, roundish, somewhat conical, yellowish, with many broken stripes of red. Flesh yellowish white, firm, juicy, pleasant, vinous. November. (Hogg.)

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

Grosser Edler Prinzessinapfel Reinette Triomphante Winter Gray Reinette