'Lilac' - the very early-flowering pollinizer

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, this crabapple 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 varieties.

Parents

'Evereste' × 'Maypole'

Plant variety rights

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)

Health

resistant to scab; powdery mildew and fire blight not observed

Growth

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

Blossom

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

Ripening

Fruit size & shape

size small, shape obloid

Fruit colour

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

Fruit quality & taste

flesh pinkish, taste bitter (not suitable for consumption)

Productivity

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

Storability

fruits not intended for storage; flowering and fruiting trees are very decorative