Rostocker

Apple

Rostocker

Origin / History

Described by Hogg as a large and favorite German apple. Included in A.J. Downing's The Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900).

Tree

Not described in source.

Fruit

Size: Large, according to Hogg.

Form: Oblate, ribbed.

Stem: Not described in source.

Cavity: Not described in source.

Calyx: Not described in source.

Basin: Not described in source.

Skin: Yellowish, with deep red next the sun.

Dots: Not described in source.

Flesh and flavor: Not described in source.

Core and seeds: Not described in source.

Season

November to May.

Uses

Valuable for culinary purposes, according to Hogg.

Subtypes / Variants

Not described in source.

Other

Not described in source.

Book Sources

Described in 1 period pomological work

Downing, Fruits and Fruit Trees of America (1900)

Nursery Catalog Sources

Found in 2 catalogs (1901–1913) from Illinois

Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1901
Benjamin Buckman (personal inventory) , Farmingdale , Illinois — 1913

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Rostocker.

Stetting Rouge. Annaberger. Matapfel. Rothe Stettiner. Rothe Hernapfel. Bodickheimer? Berliner Glossapfel.

A large and favorite German Apple, says Hogg, valuable for culinary purposes.

Fruit oblate, ribbed, yellowish, deep red next the sun. November to May.

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

Annaberger Berliner Glossapfel Bodickheimer Matapfel Rothe Hernapfel Rothe Stettiner Stetting Rouge