Kaiser Wilhelm

Also known as Cesarz Wilhelm +7

Cesarz Wilhelm · Emperator Wilhelm · Empereur Guillaume · Imperator Vilgelm · Reneta Czerwona · Vilemovo · Vilgelm · Wilhelmapfel

A dessert apple with cream flesh and green-yellow skin, broad round-conical in shape; sweet, mildly tart, crisp and spicy. Picked in early October.

Origin · Witzhelden, Kreis Solingen, Germany

Taste & texture

Skin: Surface colour often much flushed crimson with darker stripesBackground colour pale yellow shaded deeper yellow
Flesh: yellowish white
Shape: intermediate, conic, convex
Size: medium to largeFruit width 61-76 mmFruit height 50-65 mm
Appearance: Surface ridges ribbed at eye and on bodyRusset pattern russet in cavity and on base

Recorded origin

Witzhelden, Kreis Solingen

Germany

2 varieties · 1 recorded linkArrows follow parents → children

This variety

Witzhelden, Kreis Solingen, Germany

Photo: National Fruit Collection, Brogdale · UK Open Government Licence v2.0

Harberts Reinette → Kaiser WilhelmParent · Recorded

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Original source notes

Fruit & tree

flavour: subacid, sweet, spicy
ribbing: ribbed at eye and on body
synonyms: Cesarz Wilhelm, Emperator Wilhelm, Empereur Guillaume, Imperator Vilgelm, Reneta Czerwona, Vilemovo, Vilgelm, Wilhelmapfel
parentage: Harberts Reinette x Unknown
fruit size: medium to large
fruit shape: intermediate, conic, convex
fruit width: 61-76 mm
over colour: often much flushed crimson with darker stripes
russet type: russet in cavity and on base
flesh colour: yellowish white
fruit height: 50-65 mm
flesh texture: fine, crisp to tender
ground colour: pale yellow shaded deeper yellow

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