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| Apple Bismarck | Apple Winesap | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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