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Elstar
One of the best modern apples with an excellent fruity flavour and good keeping quality.
Origin: Netherlands, 1972
Pollination: Elstar is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners
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History and description of Elstar
Raised by T Visser, Wageningen, Netherlands from Ingrid Marie x Golden Delicious. Introduced in 1972. Grown extensively in continental Europe and USA but rarely imported into the UK.Medium sized, round-conical fruit. Yellow skin with bright scarlet flush. Cream coloured flesh. Crisp and juicy. Excellent flavour. Sweet with good balancing acidity and pleasant distinctive fruity flavour. Stores well keeping its flavour and much of its crispness through the winter.
Moderately vigorous tree. Good regular cropper but suceptible to scab and mildew.
Characteristics of Elstar apple trees
| Use | Dessert |
| Colour | Flushed |
| Flavour | Sweet |
| Fruit size | Medium |
| Picking time | Early Oct |
| Season of use | Oct-Jan |
| Tree vigour | Moderate |
| Tree habit | Upright-spreading |
| Fruit-bearing | Spur-bearer |
| Cropping | Good |
| Pollination date | 15 |
| Pollination group | D |
| Self-fertility | Self-sterile |
| Pollinators | Pollination partners |
| Parentage | Golden Delicious Ingrid Marie |
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