DISCOVER THE TASTE OF RESISTANT APPLES
Grow our delicious varieties robust to diseases!
We want to share our passion for apples with you!
Grow apple varieties from our breeding program dedicated to bringing you flavourful, disease-resistant apples for nearly 60 years.
Our founder, breeder Dr. Jaroslav Tupý once humbly said: "Not me but nature makes the varieties." We would just add: we help nature with a dash of science and a lot of passion and enthusiasm.
From our field trials to your commercial orchard or nursery
We know well every part of the breeding process: from basic research that helps us choose the parents to be crossed and thorough selection of the best progeny, to licensing and cooperation with our partners - that's where we feel at home. Let's work together and make apple consumers satisfied!
Apples resistant to diseases for our sustainable future
At our station, future and tradition go hand in hand. By combining traditional cross-pollination with modern tools, we breed the apples of tomorrow - created to be grown environment-friendly and to become a delight for apple lovers.
Which apple will become your favourite?
Explore our hottest newselections and most popular varieties.
- storable even until August
- very firm, crisp, juicy
- aromatic and delicious
- club variety
- ca. 1.6 mil. trees planted so far
- outstandingly beautiful
- slightly tart
Melinda® Dolcevita ('UEB 6581')
- club variety
- ca. 500,000 trees planted so far
- super-sweet flavour
- firm, crisp, juicy
- high, regular productivity
- long storability
- very firm, crisp, juicy, aromatic
- club variety
- ca. 3.5 mil. trees planted so far
- firm, crisp, non-browning
- aromatic, honey-sweet
- compact columnar
- medium firm, crisp, juicy
- balanced flavour
- high, regular productivity
- long storability
- firm, crisp, juicy, refreshing
- our most popular variety
- ca. 250,000 trees planted/season
- high, regular productivity
- firm, crisp, very tasty
Orange Crisp® ('UEB 6481') - NEW
- high productivity and storability
- very firm, crisp, juicy
- flavour balanced, excellent
Stay up to date with our latest news
Exhibition "Apple: A cocktail of flavours": How to mix a new variety?
(30 January - 9 February 2025)
Who are the parents of one of our most popular varieties, 'Admiral'? How do we select varieties to be crossed? And what do the jobs of a breeder and a barman have in common?... Read more >>
Apples with a story: from heirloom cultivars to the latest selections
(8 - 18 February 2024)
The Botanical Garden in Liberec in cooperation with our team prepared an interesting exhibition "Apples with a story" that took the visitors through the history of apple breeding... Read more >>
We celebrated 30 years of collaboration with Fleuren and Minitree
(12 October 2023)
Only thanks to our partners can apple lovers enjoy fruits of our varieties. Back in the 1990s, we started our cooperation with the company... Read more >>
They wrote about us
"The highlight of our study trip was undoubtedly the visit of the research station of the Institute of Experimental Botany in Střížovice."
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"The sales numbers suggest that this is perhaps the most successful apple breeding program focused on disease resistance."
Walter Guerra and Peter Laimer, Obstbau-Weinbau 10/2022
"It is a great example showing the importance of public private partnerships where a public research institute breeds varieties that have high market value, are sold globally and generate high return on investment and more funds to be invested in R&I."
Community Plant Variety Office, LinkedIn, 2022
Are you interested in growing our varieties commercially? Do you wish to get more information? We will be happy to hear from you.