'Rondo' - crisp and full of juice

'Rondo' is a grower-friendly columnar variety suitable especially for private gardens as a solitaire or in hedges. Enjoy its crisp fruit or freshly squeezed juice. Along with direct consumption, this selection may be a good fit for the juice industry.

Parents

'UEB 2345/1' × 'Tuscan' (Bolero®)

Plant variety rights

Community Plant Variety Rights EU 24083 (granted 23.02.2009)

Plant Variety Rights in Switzerland CH 09.2168 (granted 31.08.2009)

Health

monogenic resistance to scab, tolerance to powdery mildew

Growth

tree type columnar and compact, vigour medium, diploid

Blossom

mid-season, flowers heavily, slight tendency to alternate

Ripening

middle to end of September, about 10 days before 'Golden Delicious'

Fruit size & shape

size medium to large, shape globose to obloid, stem medium long

Fruit colour

ground colour yellow-green, over colour red solid flush with weakly defined stripes (on 50 - 75 % of skin), russet-free

Fruit quality & taste

flesh creamy to yellowish, medium to firm, crisp, texture fine-grained, very juicy, flavour sweet-subacidic, good

Productivity

heavy cropping, thinning required to prevent biennial bearing

Storability

in natural storage until January

Notes

eating maturity directly after picking

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