'Shalimar' - the flavour of sun and autumn
This highly productive late variety combines scab resistance with the quality of fruit that keeps in good shape for long months. 'Shalimar' thrives best in warmer, sunny apple-producing areas, where the apples achieve very good taste and high sugar and refreshing acid. A good choice for those looking for an attractive variety with an intensive flavour and a decent keeping quality.
Parents
'Topaz' × 'Golden Delicious'
Plant variety rights
Community Plant Variety Rights EU 25472 (granted 22.06.2009)
Plant Variety Rights in the Czech Republic CZ 2/2009 (granted 03.02.2009)
Health
monogenic resistance to scab, tolerance to powdery mildew
Growth
habit ramified, spreading, vigour medium, diploid
Blossom
mid-season, flowers heavily and regularly
Ripening
mid-October to end of October, about two weeks after 'Golden Delicious'
Fruit size & shape
size medium, shape conical, stalk medium long
Fruit colour
ground colour yellow-green to yellow, covered on about 80 % of the surface with solid red flush with weakly defined stripes, russet-free
Fruit quality & taste
flesh yellowish, firm, crisp, juicy, flavour harmonic, very good, sugar and acid content high
Productivity
precocious, annual producer of heavy crops
Storability
in natural storage until April
Notes
ready to eat from January