'Rubelit' - the harmony of good flavour and low growing demands
'Rubelit' is a late dessert apple with larger fruits with a very good aromatic taste. Its apples are homogenous even inside the tree crown and are not prone to fruit fall. Besides its resistance to multiple apple diseases, 'Rubelit' is easy to grow and is therefore suitable for both intensive orchards (integrated and organic production) and private gardens.
Parents
'Topaz' × 'UEB 2732/2'
Plant variety rights
Community Plant Variety Rights EU 45798 (granted 20.03.2017)
Plant Variety Rights in the Czech Republic CZ 12/2016 (granted 23.03.2016)
Plant Variety Rights in Switzerland CH 21.2929 (granted 30.06.2021)
Health
monogenic resistance to scab, resistance to fire blight, tolerance to powdery mildew
Growth
tree type ramified, vigour medium to strong, tree habit spreading, bears on long shoots only
Blossom
Ripening
beginning of October, about one week after 'Golden Delicious'
Fruit size & shape
size medium to large, shape obloid, moderately ribbed, stalk short to medium long
Fruit colour
ground colour yellow, over colour on the majority of the skin, red, flushed with strongly defined stripes, no russet
Fruit quality & taste
flesh firm, crisp, juicy, flavour very good, aromatic, mildly acidic, sugar/acids 14:1
Productivity
precocious, medium high and regular, no need for fruit thinning, fruit with homogenous colour even inside the tree crown and does not fall prematurely
Storability
in cold storage until March, in ULO (Ultra-Low Oxygen) conditions until May
Notes
maturity for consumption shortly after harvest