Applevariety
Boiken
Also known as Beuken +14
Beuken · Birken · Birkin · Boiken Apfel · Boiken-alma · Boiken-Apfel · Boikenapfel · Boikenapple · Boikovo · Boikovo jablko · Bojkovo · Bolken · Jablko Boikovo · Pomme Boiken · Zlotka Boikena
A dessert apple with white flesh and yellow skin, flat in shape; tart, juicy and firm. Picked in late October.
Origin · Bremen, Germany
Taste & texture
- Acidity
- acid
- Firmness
- firm-very firm
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Texture
- Flesh grain coarse
- Used for
- Dessert apple
How to spot it
- Skin
- Skin greasiness MediumSurface colour RedBackground colour YellowSurface colour pattern striped
- Flesh
- White
- Shape
- Flat
- Size
- largeWidth 76.50 mmHeight 62.50 mm
- Appearance
- Surface ridges strong
Origin & family
Where Boiken began
Recorded origin
Bremen
Germany
Field notes
Original source notes
Fruit & tree
- size
- large
- type
- Dessert
- shape
- Flat
- width
- 76.50 mm
- height
- 62.50 mm
- ribbing
- strong
- firmness
- firm-very firm
- synonyms
- Beuken, Birken, Birkin, Boiken Apfel, Boiken-alma, Boiken-Apfel, Boikenapfel, Boikenapple, Boikovo, Boikovo jablko, Bojkovo, Bolken, Jablko Boikovo, Pomme Boiken, Zlotka Boikena
- coarseness
- coarse
- greasiness
- Medium
- over colour
- Red
- flesh colour
- White
- ground colour
- Yellow
- over colour pattern
- striped
Photos
National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0 Whole and cut, from the UK National Fruit Collection.