'ADMIRAL': THE LONG-KEEPING SWEET-TART APPLE
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'Admiral' is a healthy robust variety bearing fruits with delicious full sweet-tart flavour. Thanks to it, this apple has become the favourite of many apple lovers. Besides, its exceptionally long storability ensures a great taste experience over long months. Its vigorous growth and robustness to diseases make this variety particularly suitable for organic growing.
Origin: 'Mira' x 'Bohemia'
Tree: growth very vigorous, habit spreading, forms fruiting spurs moderately, triploid
Blossom: mid-season, regular
Productivity: medium precocious, regular, slight fruit thinning recommended to prevent fruit crowding
Diseases: multiple resistance to scab, tolerance to powdery mildew, susceptibility to bitter pit (mainly on young trees)
PVR:
Community Plant Variety Rights EU 31550 (granted 20.02.2012)
Plant Variety Rights in the Czech Republic CZ 1/2012 (granted 04.01.2012)
Plant Variety Rights in Switzerland CH 14.2485 (granted 30.04.2014)
Picking time: 7 - 10 days before 'Golden Delicious'
Storability: excellent, in cold storage till the end of June, in controlled atmosphere (Ultra-Low Oxygen) till the next harvest, it has a very good shelf life
Fruit size/shape: size medium to large, shape flat globose
Colour: ground colour is green at harvest and turns yellow during storage, over colour (70-80 %) initially dark red solid flush then becomes brightly red, russet free
Flesh and flavour: flesh firm, crisp, juicy, flavour full, very good, melting, sweet-tart