Applevariety
Elstar
A dessert apple with cream flesh and yellow skin, round-conical in shape, raised in 1955; sweet, juicy and crisp. Picked in early October.
Origin · IVT,Wageningen, The Netherlands
Taste & texture
- Sweetness
- sweet
- Bite
- crisp
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Used for
- Dessert apple
Origin & family
Where Elstar began
Recorded origin
IVT,Wageningen, The Netherlands
Netherlands
Elstar’s family
14 varieties · 13 recorded linksArrows follow parents → children
This variety
Elstar
IVT,Wageningen, The Netherlands
Photo: National Fruit Collection, Brogdale · UK Open Government Licence v2.0
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On the label
Produce label codes recorded for Elstar
41214123
Organic labels add a leading 9.
Field notes
Original source notes
Fruit & tree
- sports
- Bel-El Daliest Elnica Elshof Reinstar Red Elstar
- parentage
- Golden Delicious x Ingrid Marie
Other apple varieties
Photos
National Fruit Collection, BrogdaleUK Open Government Licence v2.0 Whole and cut, from the UK National Fruit Collection.