'Lucy' - the sweet-tart daughter of 'Fuji'

'Lucy' reminds of the favourite 'Fuji' but ripens earlier, tastes sweet-tart, and boasts resistance to scab and some other diseases. A good plus point of this variety is also its overall easy growing and medium vigour. Relish its attractive, firm, crisp, juicy apples with a well-balanced taste.

Parents

'Topaz' × 'Fuji'

Plant variety rights

Community Plant Variety Rights EU 45802 (granted 20.03.2017)

United States Plant Patent US PP29,987 P3 (granted 18.12.2018 as UEB 1813)

Plant Variety Rights in the Czech Republic CZ 4/2017 (granted 23.01.2017)

Plant Variety Rights in Switzerland CH 17.2674 (granted 30.04.2017)

Health

monogenic resistance to scab, resistance to fire blight, tolerance to powdery mildew

Growth

tree habit ramified, spreading, medium vigorous, good branching, thin shoots, diploid

Blossom

mid-season

Ripening

end of September to beginning of October

Fruit size & shape

size medium, shape globose, homogenous, stem medium long

Fruit colour

ground colour green-yellow, over colour on 80-100 % of the fruit surface, attractive deep red to violet blush with weakly defined stripes, conspicuous white lenticels, without russeting

Fruit quality & taste

flesh yellow, firm, crisp, juicy, flavour very good, sweet-tart, balanced

Productivity

precocious, heavy, fruit thinning required

Storability

in cold storage until March, in ULO (Ultra-Low-Oxygen) conditions until May