Variety sheet
Kaiser Alexander
Fruit on the tree Kaiser Alexander
Origin
Unknown cross
Synonyms
Albertin, Alexander, Allerweltsapfel, Aporta Nalivia, Aubertin Beauty of Queen, Belle de Bruxelles, Belle d' Orléans, Comte Woronzoff, Corail, Empereur Alexandre I, Empereur de Russie, English King, Fin d'Automne, Grand Alexandre, Gros Alexandre, Jolly Gentleman, Korallenapfel,Napoleon, Pfundapfel, Phoenix, Pomona Britannica, Président Napoléon, Russian Emperor, Stoke Tulip, Wunderapfel
Agronomic Profile
Flowering: medium, diploid 
Vigour: medium 
Susceptibility: n. a. 
Productivity: Productivity medium, neigt nicht zu Alternanz, no preharvest fruit drop 
Harvest time: 6-4 Week before Golden Delicious 
Fruit
Size and shape: very large, wide globular-conoid, flattened globular 
Ground and overcolour: Ground colour yellow-green; Overcolour red, dark red, marbled, washed out; high (75%) 
Susceptibility to russeting: low rustiness in the calyx/eye basin and/or in the stalk cavity(<5%) 
Firmness of the pulp: 4,9-6,3 kg/cm ²at harvest 
Tendency to browning of pulp: n. a. 
Sugar content: 11,4-13,2 °Brix at harvest 
Acid content: 6,5-8,6 g/L MA at harvest 
Total content of Polyphenols1: n. a. 
TAC1: n. a. 
Content of Anthocyanin2: n. a. 
Vitamin C1: n. a. 
Pectin1: n. a. 
Flavour: n. a. 
Storage: n. a. 
Characteristics: n. a. 
Juice production
Yield: n. a.  
Stability of the colour: n. a. 
Sugar content: n. a. 
Acid content: n. a. 
pH: n. a. 
Total content of Polyphenols: n. a. 
TAC: n. a. 
Content of Anthocyanin2: n. a. 
Vitamin C: n. a. 

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1 after two months of normal cool storage
2 only for red fleshed varieties