Applevariety
Forge
Also known as Der Schmiedeapfel +4
Der Schmiedeapfel · Forge Apple · Schmiede Apfel · Schmiedeapfel · Sussex Forge
A dessert apple with white flesh and yellow skin, oblong in shape; aromatic, juicy, crisp and soft. Picked in late September.
Taste & texture
- Scent
- aromatic
- Firmness
- soft
- Bite
- crisp
- Juiciness
- juicy
- Texture
- Flesh grain coarse
- Used for
- Dessert apple
How to spot it
- Skin
- Surface colour RedBackground colour YellowSurface colour pattern striped
- Flesh
- White
- Shape
- Oblong
- Size
- medium
Origin & family
Field notes
Original source notes
Fruit & tree
- size
- medium
- type
- Dessert
- shape
- Oblong
- ribbing
- medium
- firmness
- soft
- synonyms
- Der Schmiedeapfel, Forge Apple, Schmiede Apfel, Schmiedeapfel, Sussex Forge
- coarseness
- coarse
- 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.