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Redfleshed apples in Belgium



I am listing below some interesting redfleshed apples; details and pictures sent by Hans Perneel, Belgium.



1. Redfleshed seedling and fruit from Blaton, Hainaut, in the French part of Belgium. Red pigmentation is only slight, but it has a superb taste. It does not store well (only a few weeks). We have called this "Blaton Rouge".

Blaton Rouge (Blaton, Hainaut, in the French part of Belgium.... Blaton Rouge (Blaton, Hainaut, in the French part of Belgium....



2. Apples from a wild tree found at Edgem, a small town in West Flanders: as yet un-named. It has a pleasant, very rich flavour.

Blaton Rouge (Blaton, Hainaut, in the French part of Belgium.... Edgem Rouge ....



3. A deeply pigmented wild apple we've called 'Rode Dries'; picture of the seed, the fruit, and sliced through, from tree on new rootstock.

Rode Dries .... Rode Dries .... Rode Dries ....



4. Fruit from another newly grafted 'Rode Dries' tree is shown below; it has turned out to have a paler colour.

wild redfleshed Belgian apple ....



5. WEIROUGE, a German redfleshed apple which is now being grown commercially on a small scale in italy. It is one of the better-flavoured redflesh types; it grows well in England and has a good flavour. It's not biennial, the tree is healthy, and the fruit keeps in crisp condition for about 4 weeks in a cellar. Ready early September.

weirouge; german redfleshed dessert apple .... weirouge; german redfleshed dessert apple .... weirouge; german redfleshed dessert apple ....




UPDATE, OCT 2012
More pictures from Hans ... a selection of his redfleshed apples this year.
Varieties looking at the pictures clockwise, starting top left: (1)Pomvital, Weirouge & Rubens; (2) Malus Aus Korma, freshly cut; (3) same apple one minute later; rapid browning; (4) Pomvital, showing the vivid red colouration; (6) Malus Geneva; (7) Malus Rubens again; about the size of a golf ball.




compiled by Nigel Deacon / Diversity website

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