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Glockenapfel
An ancient bell shaped culinary apple famous for making apfelstrudel.
Origin: Germany,
Pollination: Glockenapfel is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >
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All our bare-root trees are personally hand-grafted by our Nursery Manager and grown on at our nursery in Kent. We have Defra and Plant Healthy certification.
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History and description of Glockenapfel
An ancient variety of unknown origin, once widely grown in Europe.The name derived from the shape literally means Bell Apple.A green, smooth skinned, bell-shaped culinary apple. Keeps its shape when cooked and has a translucent quality. It is still very popular in Switzerland for making Apple Strudel.
Characteristics of Glockenapfel apple trees
| Use | Culinary |
| Colour | Green |
| Flavour | Sharp |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | Mid Oct |
| Season of use | Dec-Apr |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | Upright-spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | Heavy |
| Pollination date | 8 |
| Pollination group | C |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
| Progeny | Gloster 69 |
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