Prinz
ApplePrinz
Origin / History
Of German origin. New. Described in A.J. Downing's The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900).
Tree
Tree vigorous, upright, a good grower, and productive. Young shoots reddish brown, downy.
Fruit
Size: Fruit large.
Form: Fruit roundish conical, obscurely ribbed.
Stem: Stalk short.
Cavity: Not described in source.
Calyx: Calyx closed.
Basin: Not described in source.
Skin: Yellow, shaded with pale red in the sun.
Dots: Few brown dots.
Flesh and flavor: Flesh yellowish, juicy, tender, breaking, mild, pleasant subacid. Good to very good.
Core and seeds: Not described in source.
Season
Ripens October, November.
Uses
Not described in source.
Subtypes / Variants
Not described in source.
Other
Not described in source.
Book Sources
Described in 1 period pomological work
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— A.J. Downing, The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)Prinz.
Of German origin. New. Tree vigorous, upright, a good grower, and productive. Young shoots reddish brown, downy.
Fruit large, roundish conical, obscurely ribbed, yellow, shaded with pale red in the sun, few brown dots. Stalk short. Calyx closed. Flesh yellowish, juicy, tender, breaking, mild, pleasant subacid. Good to very good. October, November.