'Solaris' - balanced taste and long storability
'Solaris' is a late (winter), yummy dessert apple variety. Its attractive fruits with a pleasant taste, good storage properties and shelf-life will surprise you. As it tends to be a heavy cropper, light thinning is recommended for regular bearing.
Growth
habit ramified, upright, branching good, vigour medium, diploid
Blossom
mid-season
Ripening
early October, with 'Golden Delicious'
Fruit size & shape
size medium, shape conical, stem medium long
Fruit colour
ground colour green-yellow, later turns yellow, sometimes with a red-orange blush, russet-free
Fruit quality & taste
flesh yellow, firm, crisp, juicy, flavour good, sugar and acid content well-balanced
Productivity
semi-precocious, medium to heavy
Storability
in natural storage until April
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