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Apple Bismarck | Apple Winesap | ||||
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Summary | Cooks to golden yellow puree. | Often known as Virginia Winesap, a tart small apple, and like many US heirloom varieties, keeps well in store. | |||
Identification | Bismarck | Winesap | |||
Fruit colour | Red / Green | ||||
Flesh colour | White to Cream, pale yellow | ||||
Fruit size | Small | ||||
Fruit shape | Flat-round | ||||
Using | Bismarck | Winesap | |||
Flavor | Good | Good | |||
Flavour style | Sharper | Honeyed / Scented | |||
Ripening period | Mid season | ||||
Use/Keeping | 3 months or more | ||||
Cooking result | Puree | Textured puree | |||
Growing | Bismarck | Winesap | |||
Picking | |||||
Cropping | Good | ||||
Vigour | Average growth | Average growth | |||
Pollination | Partially self-fertile | Flowering group 3 Flowers Mid season Self-sterile | |||
Gardening skill | Average | ||||
Problems | Mildew - Very resistant Fireblight - Some susceptibility Cedar apple rust - Very resistant | ||||
Other | Bismarck | Winesap | |||
Country of origin | Australia | United States | |||
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