The ‘Landsberger Renette’ is a rather old variety that is particularly suitable for cooler high altitudes. Those who can offer it an airy location and give it space to develop will get a good harvest with little care.
The ‘Landsberger Renette’ is an apple variety that can enrich a garden with relatively little effort. The annual cut is necessary if there is little space. If the variety is offered an airy location on normal garden soil, the joy of delicious apples is hardly diminished by susceptibility to disease or yield problems. The ‘Landsberger Renette’ variety is particularly healthy as a high trunk and does not require much work.
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- Apple variety ‘Landsberger Renette’: profile
- Origin and history of the apple
- How does the Landsberger Renette ’apple taste?
- Cultivation and care of the apple variety: special features
- Landsberger Renette: Use and harvest
Apple variety ‘Landsberger Renette’: profile
| fruit | medium to large in size; Greenish-yellow basic color with a little yellow-orange overlay |
| taste | sweet-sour, sweet-winy |
| Yield | high |
| Harvest time | from September |
| Ripe for enjoyment | from the end of October |
| Shelf life | Well; Apples harvested early can be stored until the beginning of January |
| growth | medium to strong |
| climate | suitable for cool high altitudes |
| Diseases and pests | susceptible to apple scab on soil that is too dry; susceptible to powdery mildew on soils that are too wet |
Origin and history of the apple
The apple variety ‘Landsberger Renette’ was grown around 1850 in Landsberg an der Warthe - in present-day Poland - by a councilor named Burchhardt. He used seeds from a tree of the ‘Harberts Renette’ variety. However, the second part of the parenting of this tree is so far unclear. From the seedlings that had been preserved, Burchhardt selected a promising tree whose growth and taste appealed to him. Because of its low demands on the climate and the soil, the variety was often used, especially in difficult locations. In the long term, the name ‘Landsberger Renette’ prevailed. Even today, the tasty and rather undemanding apple variety is welcome in the gardens of hobby gardeners, enthusiasts and pomologists.
How does the Landsberger Renette ’apple taste?
The pulp of the ‘Landsberger Renette’ is yellowish-white, fine-celled and juicy. The taste is sweet and sour or is described as sweet and winy. Stored fruits are sweet and tender.
The Landsberger Renette ’apple is medium to large in size, rounded and often somewhat irregular in shape. The basic color of the shell is greenish-yellow to white-yellow and the top color is only tinged with yellowish-orange. The rusted lenticels are also more evident here. The core house is rather large and spacious with strong cores.
Cultivation and care of the apple variety: special features
The Landsberger Renette ’variety grows medium to strong and, unfortunately, more upright than horizontal. In the home garden, growth should be slowed down somewhat by a poorly growing underlay: The M7 underlay has proven itself here. The MM 111 underlay is also well suited for somewhat larger trees. In orchards, the cultivation can also take place on seedling bases or on their own roots. Then the variety grows tall and has to be harvested with a ladder or picking devices. The old crown also forms a lot of overhanging and therefore richly fruiting wood.
The ‘Landsberger Renette’ can be brought up in any desired form on a suitably selected base: high-stem, half-stem and bush trees are possible. It is simply unsuitable as a trellis.
The ‘Landsberger Renette’ makes little demands on its location, but on dry soils it tends to produce only small fruits and to be easily attacked by apple scab. Conversely, very wet and heavy soils ensure that the susceptibility to powdery mildew increases. The location should be open to wind, preferably a little higher - this way, leaf diseases are almost impossible. The ‘Landsberger Renette’ can tolerate low annual mean temperatures and frosty winters without complaint.
Fertilization is normally not necessary for this variety. A mainly organic fertilizer like ours is only allowed on weak bases such as M7 or M26 Plantura organic universal fertilizer to recommend.
The cut of the ‘Landsberger Renette’ should concentrate on reducing vertical wood and promoting inclined shoots. The vegetative growth of leaves and shoots is slowed down by the formation of fruit wood. Too strong a cut can lead to complete crop failures, which is why it is extremely important to use scissors every year. If this variety is cut too heavily, yields will also fluctuate.
Because flowering occurs mid-early in the year, the varieties ‘Berlepsch‘, ‘Cox orange‘, ‘James Grieve‘,‘ Klarapfel ’and‘Gold parmane‘Suitable pollinators.
Landsberger Renette: Use and harvest
The harvest of the ‘Landsberger Renette’ begins in September in warm locations. The ripe fruits are ideally suited for storage, which can be achieved with medium humidity and low temperature until the beginning of January. Caution: If fruits that are too unripe are stored, they can wither in the warehouse.
The ‘Landsberger Renette’ is only ready to be picked from the tree at the end of October and can then be used immediately as a table apple. But the ‘Landsberger Renette’ can also be used as a kitchen apple for compote, baked apples, for sweet cider or cider and apple juice.
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