Adam's Apples

At the end of the first week in December, my Glockenapfel is a little wrinkled around the calyx end, but still firm in hand.  ¶  The long, tapered bell shape is a visual clue to the name of this apple.  ¶  That graceful profile, and pretty colors (green-tinged yellow, and small orange blush), make for an attractive fruit.

"Glocken" means bell, which describes the characteristic shape of this elongated and tapered apple.  ¶  My two Glockenapfels are medium-to-large, ribbed, tapered, and elongated. The photographed sample if anything understates this, but it has the better color (yellow) and blush. They are quite firm in hand.  ¶  The lenticels are tiny, light in the blush and barely visible elsewhere, unless filled in with a bit of dark grey.