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Home » Fruit » Hard Fruit » Apples » Sauce Apples » Elstar Apple

Elstar Apple

Elstar AppleElstar Apple
© Takeaway / wikimedia / 2015 / CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • 1 Red Elstar
  • 2 Cooking Tips
  • 3 Storage Hints
  • 4 History Notes

Elstar is an large, fragrant all-purpose apple for eating fresh or for cooking with.

The skin is yellow, covered by orange-red blushes. The flesh is a firm, yellowish white, crunchy but not as crisp as other apples. The taste is sweet with a bit of a sour tang to it.

The tree tends to bear fruit every other year.

Red Elstar

Red Elstar is a variant of Elstar. It is almost completely red, with just a patch of yellow.

Elstar red mutation

Elstar red mutation
© Kopiersperre / wikimedia / 2015 / [Public Domain]

Cooking Tips

Makes good apple sauce.

Storage Hints

Less tart after 4 to 6 weeks in storage.

History Notes

Originated in Holland in the 1950s from a cross between Golden Delicious and Ingrid Marie (from Cox’s Orange Pippin). Introduced into North America in 1972.

This page first published: Jan 29, 2004 · Updated: Oct 5, 2020.

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