Our Variety Assessment

Its strengths, growing requirements and the conditions in which it performs best.

White Transparent is an excellent variety for starting the apple season as early as July. Extremely cold-hardy and partially self-fertile, it regularly produces sharp apples that cook into a light, perfectly smooth purée. The fruit can be eaten fresh but quickly becomes soft. We particularly recommend it for cooking and European regions with severe winters.

White Transparent

Price range: 26,50 € through 59,75 €

A traditional early-season dual-purpose apple, which is also very winter-hardy.

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1 year old grafted tree – approx. 1–2 m

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Bittenfelder – approx. 6 m mature height

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SKU: 1342 Categories: Apple trees, Eating apple trees

Description

White Transparent is an old Russian apple variety, quite widely grown in Europe (and also in the USA where, confusingly, it is known as Yellow Transparent).

White Transparent has two notable qualities. It ripens very early – often as early as the third week of July. Secondly, it is exceptionally cold-hardy.

White Transparent can be eaten fresh, but the apples are generally quite soft when mature. It is primarily an apple for the kitchen, where it easily cooks down to a light and very smooth apple puree with a good flavour. For cooking it is best to pick the apples slightly green.

Variety characteristics

Variety origin

Old variety from Russia or the Baltic countries, widely distributed in Europe in the 19th century and then in North America under the name Yellow Transparent.

Origin

Period of origin

USDA zone

Flowering

Eating / keeping period

1 week

Use

Fresh eating