'LILAC': THE VERY EARLY-FLOWERING ORNAMENTAL VARIETY

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Like its sister 'Magenta', 'Lilac' is both an ornamental variety with highly decorative flowers and fruits and a good pollinizer for commercial orchards. Thanks to resistance to several diseases, it can find its use in both integrated and organic production. What makes it remarkable is its extraordinarily early and rich bloom that lasts about a fortnight, and high pollen quality. 'Lilac' is thus suitable for pollinating early-flowering apple varieties.

Origin: 'Evereste' x 'Maypole'

Tree: tree type columnar, broader, vigour weak, leaves shiny, diploid

Disease resistance: resistant to scab; powdery mildew and fire blight not observed

PVR:
United States Plant Patent US PP30,849P3 (granted 27.08.2019 as UEB 42723)
Plant Variety Rights in the Czech Republic CZ 63/2018 (granted 13.12.2018)
Plant Variety Rights in Switzerland CH 21.2931 (granted 30.06.2021)

Bloom: early to medium-early (on average 4 days before 'Evereste'), precocious and rich, usually lasts 13 days on average

Flowers: at balloon stage pink, petals pink

Pollen quality: pollen germinates well (better than in 'Evereste'), bears less-frequent S-alleles

Productivity: precocious, high, not susceptible to alternation, fruit holds on the tree till winter

Fruit size/shape: size small, shape obloid

Colour: over colour light red on the whole fruit skin, no russet

Flesh and flavour: flesh pinkish, taste bitter