Rajka

Rajka (German: Ragendorf, Croatian: Rakindrof ) is a village in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, Hungary.

Geography

Rajka is located in the Little Hungarian Plain 17 km north-west from Mosonmagyaróvár, near the Hungary-Austria-Slovakia tripoint. M15 motorway (E65/E75), Highway 150 and Budapest-Hegyeshalom-Rajka railway line also cross the village. Former Hungarian-Slovak border crossing is located between Rajka and Čunovo, it is no longer in operation since December 21, 2007, when Hungary and Slovakia joined the Schengen Area.

History

Rajka was established before the 13th century. According to the Hungarian Royal Treasury (Magyar Királyi Kincstár) it was an ethnic German settlement in Hungary, called Rackendorf in 1495. In the 18th century it was a market town (mezőváros) in Moson County. The Jewish community was deported in 1944 and after the Soviet occupation of Hungary in 1946, 859 German civilians were expelled from Rajka. They replaced with ethnic Hungarians, expelled from Czechoslovakia.

Rajka (apple)

Rajka is a hybrid cultivar of domesticated apple from the Czech Republic, specifically for eating. Rajka was crossed and developed by the Institute of Experimental Botany from the Champion and Katka apples for scab resistance, hence possible to grow organic.

Description

Tree is moderately vigorous, standard type, produces spurs freely, precocious in cropping, highly productive, fruits do not fall prematuraly, good pollinator with mid-season blossoming, resistant to scab and tolerant to powdery mildew.

Fruits are medium to large, globose conical, medium stem length. Yellow under-color is covered on almost the entire skin surface with an attractive bright red over-color. There is some russeting in stem cavity which occasionally may extend out over base. Flesh yellowish, juicy with medium grained texture and distinctive pleasant aroma.

Overall it is an early-winter, disease resistant, dessert variety with outstanding color, good rather sweet flavor and medium storage life. May be suited also to cooler areas. Has no specific requirements for rootstocks. Suitable for commercial orchards as well as for home gardens.