The ‘Anhalter’ apple variety is classified as a cider apple. It has a high tannin content and is therefore particularly suitable for the production of cider and apple juice. The basic color of this apple is green-yellow, but it soon turns into a vivid red. The origin of this variety is believed to be in the Taunus region of Hesse. The tree grows very large and becomes old. The fruits remain on the tree for a long time and are very hardy, hence its German variety name (like “persisting” or “holding”).

Cultivated apples are valued as dessert fruit, but are also used to make fruit juice, applesauce and apple jelly. Apples can be eaten as a baking apple, then often filled with marzipan, chopped nuts and honey, furthermore as a topping or filling for sweet pastries such as apple pie and apple strudel. Apples contain a lot of pectin, whose thickening properties make them interesting as a vegan egg substitute in baked goods. Furthermore, apples are valued for the production of alcoholic beverages such as calvados and cider, for which special wine or cider apples are used, which are mostly grown in meadow orchards. Covered with red sugar glaze, fresh apples on wooden stalks can be found at (German) fun fairs, where they are called “Liebesapfel”. Apples can be excellently dried and used as dried fruit or apple chips.

• Edible fruits
• Type of fruit follicetum
• Culinary Group pome fruits
• Taste sweet
• Trivial Names (apples) Apfel, Apple, Pomme, Manzana, Mela
• Trivial Names (variety) Anhalter, Anhänger, Christ's Wildling
• Size 7 cm
• Taxonomy Rosaceae (rose family) Malus domestica 'Anhalter'
• Origin Europe (Germany: Hesse) (Map)
• Locality Wissenschaftsgarten Frankfurt (FRG) 2019