'Nubia' - the undemanding large apple

'Nubia' is a medium-to-late dessert apple variety bearing large fruit with delicious full harmonic flavour. This breed boasts high resistance to scab, low need for pruning, high and regular yields, overall cultivation friendliness, and good storability of fruit. All this together makes 'Nubia' a promising variety for home gardens and organic production.

Parents

'Rajka' × 'UEB 2583/1'

Plant variety rights

Community Plant Variety Rights EU 51499 (granted 25.02.2019)

Plant Variety Rights in the Czech Republic CZ 60/2018 (granted 13.12.2018)

Health

multiple resistance to scab, tolerance to powdery mildew

Growth

habit ramified, drooping, medium vigorous, produces many fruiting spurs, bears on spurs only, diploid

Blossom

medium late

Ripening

end of September, 7 days before 'Golden Delicious'

Fruit size & shape

size large, shape obloid, ribbing moderate, stalk medium to long

Fruit colour

ground colour yellow, over colour on about 80 % of the skin, dark red, solid flush with weakly defined stripes, bloom moderate, russet-free

Fruit quality & taste

flesh creamy-coloured, medium firm, crisp, fine-grained, juicy, flavour full, harmonic, sweet-tart, very good