Flesh is white, juicy, crisp, and sweet with subtle hints of cinnamon.

USDA Zones: 6–9 Not Self-fertile Bloom Time-Mid-Late-Season

Synonyms: Borsdorf, Edelborsdorfer, Edler Winterborsdorfer, Reinette Batarde, Reinette d'Allemagne, Leipziger Reinette, Queen Charlotte's Apple, Rubinapfel, Schwarzer Borsdorfer, Zigeunerapfel

Fruit small to medium, round, flattened top and bottom. Skin waxy semi gloss, pale yellow base color, with a faded red wash on the sunny side and dotted with light colored lenticels. Stem very long and slender, in a narrowly deep cavity with occasional russeting.

Origins: A German physician and botanist, first published about the apple in the mid 1500's, identifying the apple as a German variety from the village of Borsdorf in Saxony. In mid 1800s, it was listed as one of the recommended apples.

Ripens September.

Good keeper