'Athlet' - a great match of early ripening and crispness
'Athlet' is a new columnar summer apple variety with an extraordinarily crispy flesh and very good fruit quality which are not typical for early ripening varieties. Enjoy it fresh or squeezed in juice. As a columnar variety with a narrow compact habit, 'Athlet' is great fit especially for small home gardens as a solitaire or for hedges.
Growth
habit narrow compact columnar, medium vigorous, diploid
Blossom
Ripeness
mid-August to beginning of September (according to the location and season)
Fruit size & shape
size medium, shape obloid to globose, stalk medium long
Fruit colour
ground colour yellow-green, 50 - 80 % red flushed, striped and mottled over colour, slight russeting
Fruit quality & taste
flesh fine, firm to medium firm, crisp, very juicy, flavour good harmonic
Productivity
precocious, medium, light fruit thinning recommended for better quality of fruit and to suppress alternation
Storability
in cold storage about 2 months
Notes
surprisingly crisp for an early ripening variety