'Lucy' reminds of the favourite 'Fuji' but ripens earlier, tastes sweet-tart, and boasts resistance to scab and some other diseases. A good plus point of this variety is also its overall easy growing and medium vigour. Relish its attractive, firm, crisp, juicy apples with a well-balanced taste.
Origin: 'Topaz' x 'Fuji'
Tree: tree habit ramified, spreading, medium vigorous, good branching, thin shoots, diploid
Blossom: mid-season
Productivity: precocious, heavy, fruit thinning required
Disease resistance: resistant to scab and fire blight, tolerant to powdery mildew
PVR:
Community Plant Variety Rights EU 45802 (granted 20.03.2017)
United States Plant Patent US PP29,987 P3 (granted 18.12.2018 as UEB 1813)
Plant Variety Rights in the Czech Republic CZ 4/2017 (granted 23.01.2017)
Plant Variety Rights in Switzerland CH 17.2674 (granted 30.04.2017)
Picking time: end of September to beginning of October
Storability: in cold storage until March, in ULO (Ultra-Low-Oxygen) conditions until May
Fruit size/shape: size medium, shape globose, homogenous, stem medium long
Colour: ground colour green-yellow, over colour on 80-100 % of the fruit surface, attractive deep red to violet blush with weakly defined stripes, conspicuous white lenticels, without russeting
Flesh and flavour: flesh yellow, firm, crisp, juicy, flavour very good, sweet-tart, balanced