'Goldlane' - yellow, juicy columnar apple
'Goldlane' is a late-ripening columnar variety bearing firm to medium firm, crisp, juicy fruit with a harmonic balanced flavour and relatively long storability. 'Goldlane' is suitable especially for home gardens as a solitaire or for hedges. Its highly juicy fruit can be eaten fresh or processed for juice.
Parents
'UEB 3138/1' × 'Bohemia'
Plant variety rights
Community Plant Variety Rights EU 26963 (granted 22.03.2010)
United States Plant Patent US PP21,413P3 (granted 26.10.2010)
Plant Variety Rights in Switzerland CH 10.2230 (granted 31.07.2010)
Health
monogenic resistance to scab, tolerance to powdery mildew
Growth
tree type columnar and compact, bears on spurs only, vigour weak to medium, diploid
Blossom
mid-season
Ripening
mid-October, about 10 days after 'Golden Delicious'
Fruit size & shape
size medium to large, shape obloid, stalk short
Fruit colour
ground colour green-yellow (turns to yellow during storage), over colour absent, no russet
Fruit quality & taste
flesh yellowish, firm to medium firm, crisp, very juicy, flavour very good, aromatic, with balanced sugar to acid ratio
Productivity
good, fruit thinning usually necessary to prevent alternation
Storability
in natural storage until March
Notes
ready to eat since November