Freyberg

A delicious apple which is very sweet but also has an intensly aromatic flavour.

Origin: New Zealand, 1934

Pollination: Freyberg is self-sterile and would require a pollinator to produce a crop. Pollination partners

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History and description of Freyberg

Freyberg apple was raised in 1934 by J H Kidd at Greytown, Wairarapa, New Zealand from a Golden Delicious X Cox's Orange Pippin seedling. Named after military hero Lord Freyberg who was Governor General New Zealand 1946-52. Selected for amateurs and introduced 1958. The combination of the sweetness and golden colour of Golden Delicious with the strong aromatic flavour of Cox's Orange Pippin makes Freyberg one of the most delicious apples.

A medium-sized, round-conical fruit. Golden yellow skin, occasionally with a faint brownish purple flush and slight russeting. Creamy-white, firm flesh. Very sweet and honeyed but with a good Cox-like aromatic flavour.

A tree of weak vigour. Good cropper. The fruit hangs well on the tree.

Characteristics of Freyberg apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Yellow
Flavour	Sweet
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Mid Oct
Season of use	Nov-Dec
Tree vigour	Small
Tree habit	Upright-spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Pollination date	11
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Cox's Orange Pippin Golden Delicious