'Rubelit' is a late dessert apple with larger fruits with a very good aromatic taste. Its apples are homogenous even inside the tree crown and are not prone to fruit fall. Besides its resistance to multiple apple diseases, 'Rubelit' is easy to grow and is therefore suitable for both intensive orchards (integrated and organic production) and private gardens.
Origin: 'Topaz' x 'UEB 2732/2'
Tree: tree type ramified, vigour medium to strong, tree habit spreading, bears on long shoots only
Productivity: precocious, medium high and regular, no need for fruit thinning, fruit with homogenous colour even inside the tree crown and does not fall prematurely
Disease resistance: resistant to scab and fire blight, tolerant to powdery mildew
PVR:
Community Plant Variety Rights EU 45798 (granted 20.03.2017)
Plant Variety Rights in the Czech Republic CZ 12/2016 (granted 23.03.2016)
Plant Variety Rights in Switzerland CH 21.2929 (granted 30.06.2021)
Picking time: beginning of October, about one week after 'Golden Delicious'
Ready to eat: shortly after harvest
Storability: in cold storage until March, in ULO (Ultra-Low Oxygen) conditions until May
Fruit size/shape: size medium to large, shape obloid, moderately ribbed, stalk short to medium long
Colour: ground colour yellow, over colour on the majority of the skin, red, flushed with strongly defined stripes, no russet
Flesh and flavour: flesh firm, crisp, juicy, flavour very good, aromatic, mildly acidic, sugar/acids 14:1