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Holstein apple identification
Identification
- Flesh colour - White to Cream, pale yellow
- Fruit size - Small
- Fruit size - Medium
- Fruit size - Large
- Fruit size - Variable
- Fruit shape - Short-round-conical
- Fruit shape - Round-conical
- Fruit shape - Oblong-conical
- Shape features - Regular, round
- Shape features - Ribbed
- Shape features - Slightly, broadly, obscurely ribbed
- Shape features (vertical view) - Lop-sided, unequal sides, irregular
- Shape uniformity - Uniform, in size and shape
- Bultitude apple group - 7. Flushed / striped, some russeting, sweet
- Seeds - size - Medium
- Core - Abaxile / Irregular
- Core - Axile / Symmetrical
- Core - Open
- Seeds - point - Acute
- Seeds - characteristics - Abortive
- Seeds - characteristics - Flat
- Core - carpels - Tufted
- Core - lines - Moderate
- Core - lines - Wide
- Core - lines meeting - Base of calyx tube
- Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Medium
- Calyx / Sepals- Opening - Large
- Calyx / Sepals - Size - Long
- Calyx / Sepals - Size - Medium
- Calyx / Sepals - Size - Short
- Calyx / Sepals - Width - Narrow
- Calyx / Sepals - Width - Medium
- Calyx Tube - Shape - Conic
- Calyx Tube - Length - Short
- Calyx Tube - Size - Small
- Calyx Tube - Stamen - Median
- Calyx Tube - Stamen - Basal
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Leafy
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Green with brown tips
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Open
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Flat
- Calyx / Sepals - Description - Reflexed
- Russet - Present
- Russet % coverage - Medium
- Russet % coverage - Low
- Russet details - Capillary lines, Netting, Veins, Webbing
- Russet details - Radiating, stellate, rays, stripes
- Russet details - Dots, Patches, Spots
- Russet details - In stem cavity
- All green or yellow - Other colors present
- Skin color (when ripe) - Golden Russet
- Skin color (when ripe) - Red (+/or) Pink to Pale Pink
- Skin color (when ripe) - Yellow (+/or) Green with some Red (+/or) Pink
- Skin color (when ripe) - Orange - Yellow with Red towards Brown
- Skin blush - Present
- Skin blush (color) - Scarlet, Carmine (red orange)
- Skin blush (color) - Orange to Orange Red Brown
- Skin blush (color) - Red to Deep Red into Dark Purple
- Scarf skin - Present
- Suture lines - Not present
- Bloom - Not present
- Skin waxy or greasy - Waxy or greasy (fresh or stored)
- Skin waxy or greasy - No waxiness or greasiness present
- Skin feel - Dry
- Skin feel - Not smooth, Rough
- Stripes - Stripes present
- Stripes (details) - Short splashes
- Stripes (details) - Lined stripes
- Stripes (details) - Washed - faded
- Stripes (color) - Dark Red
- Stripes (color) - Crimson to Purplish
- Stripes (color) - Scarlet, Carmine (red orange)
- Stripes (color) - Pink
- Stripes (color) - Red
- Stem (length) - Short
- Stem (length) - Medium
- Stem (thickness) - Medium
- Stem (thickness) - Thick
- Stem cavity (russet) - Concentric lines of russet
- Stem cavity (russet) - Gray to Brown Russet
- Stem cavity (russet) - Leather-cracked, thick russet looking cracked
- Stem cavity (russet) - Little, light russet
- Stem cavity (russet) - Ochre or Green Russet
- Stem cavity (russet) - Russet rays extening out from stem cavity
- Stem cavity (russet) - Yellow to Golden Brown Russet
- Stem (position) - Inclined, Oblique, laying to the side
- Stem (position) - Slightly Oblique
- Stem (position) - Upright
- Stem (details) - Curved
- Stem (color) - Brown
- Stem (color) - Green
- Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Flat, Smooth
- Stem Cavity (protruberances) - Compressed
- Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Shallow
- Stem Cavity (side view depth) - Medium
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Brown
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Concentric Lines of Russet
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Cracking
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Green
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Red
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Russet
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Shiny, Smooth
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Silvery Gray
- Stem Cavity (skin features) - Yellow
- Stem Cavity (slope to stem) - Steep, Acuminate slope
- Stem Cavity (top view orientation) - Symmetrical
- Stem Cavity (top view width) - Moderate, Medium width
- Stem Cavity (top view width) - Narrow
- Basin skin - Red
- Basin skin - Yellow
- Basin skin - Shiny, Smooth
- Basin skin - Pubescent, Downy
- Basin skin - Russet
- Basin skin - Green
- Basin skin - Brown
- Basin skin - Silvery gray
- Basin width - Broad
- Basin russet - Gray to Brown Russet
- Basin russet - Heavy russet
- Basin russet - Leather-cracked, thick russet looking cracked
- Basin russet - Little, light russet
- Basin russet - Smooth, fine Russet
- Basin (top view) - Symmetrical, Round
- Basin (side view slope to eye) - Obtuse, gradual slope to eye
- Basin (side view depth) - Shallow
- Basin (protruberances) - Smooth, flat
- Basin (protruberances) - Ridged, Ribbed
- Basin (protruberances) - Undulate, Furrowed, Wavy, Puckered
- Basal lobes - Slightly present
- Basal lobes - Not present
- Dots (description) - Raised
- Dots (description) - Russet
- Dots (numbers) - Few
- Dots (numbers) - Moderate
- Dots (size) - Medium
- Dots (skin lenticels) - Conspicuous, prominent, distinct
- Dots (skin lenticels) - Inconspicuous, not prominent
- Dots (spread) - Equally spread
- Flesh (staining) - Yellow
- Flesh (staining) - Not present
- Flesh (texture) - Tender, Soft, Melting
- Flesh (texture) - Crisp, Breaking into chuncks
- Flesh (texture) - Firm, Hard
- Flesh (grain) - Medium
- Flesh (grain) - Granular, Coarse, Mealy
- Flesh (juiciness) - Juicy or Very Juicy
Using
- Uses - Eat fresh
- Uses - Cooking
- Uses - Juice
- Uses - Hard cider
- Uses - Drying
- Flavour quality - Exceptional
- Flavour style - Aromatic
- Flavour style - Sweet/Sharp
- Flavour style - Honeyed / Scented
- Flavour style - Sharp / refreshing
- Harvest period - Late season
- Only sweet flavor - Tart, sub-acid, or bitter flavor detected
Growing
- Flowering period - Mid season
- Flowering group - 3
- Fruit bearing - Spur-bearer
- First planted - Before 1950