Holstein

A very attractive large aromatic Cox like apple excellent both as a dessert apple and for making juice.

Origin: Germany, 1918

Pollination: Holstein is a self-sterile triploid and would require a pollinator to produce a crop.Find pollination partners >

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History and description of Holstein

Raised or discovered in Germany in about 1918 by Vahldik, a teacher, in Eutin, Holstein. Possibly a Cox's Orange Pippin seedling. Also known as Holstein Cox.

A medium/large sized apple. Round-conical shape with a flat base. Slightly lop-sided and often five-crowned. Greenish yellow background skin colour becoming golden yellow. One-quarter to three-quarters flushed bright orange red with short, broken, broad, dark red stripes. Slight russeting. Very much like a large Cox, but generally brighter and more attractively coloured. Deep cream flesh, slightly coarse-textured, juicy, with an intense rich aromatic flavour which often surpasses that of Cox. Slightly large for a dessert apple but excellent for juice producing an intensely aromatic, orange-yellow coloured juice.

A vigorous, spreading tree. Good cropper. Prone to frost damage, mildew, canker.

Characteristics of Holstein apple trees

Use	Dessert
Colour	Flushed
Flavour	Aromatic
Fruit size	Medium
Picking time	Late Sep
Season of use	Oct-Jan
Tree vigour	Vigorous
Tree habit	Spreading
Fruit-bearing	Spur-bearer
Cropping	Good
Disease resistance	Mildew - Susceptible Canker - Susceptible Scab - Very resistant
Suitable for	Late Frost
Pollination date	10
Pollination group	C
Self-fertility	Self-sterile triploid
Pollinators	Pollination partners
Parentage	Cox's Orange Pippin