'Rozela' - magnificent and grower-friendly
'Rozela' bears attractive dark-red fruit adorned with pronounced lenticels. Not only does it look but also tastes very good - its flavour is sweet with a hint of acidity and highly aromatic. Growing 'Rozela' is overall easy and undemanding - it's robust to common scab races and to powdery mildew and crops heavily but regularly. It's best suited for organic production with an intensive growing system in cooler apple-producing areas where the red fruit over colour is more intense.
Parents
'Vanda' × 'Bohemia'
Plant variety rights
Community Plant Variety Rights EU 22308 (granted 05.05.2008)
Health
monogenic resistance to scab, tolerance to powdery mildew, fruits on young trees are slightly susceptible to bitter pit
Growth
tree type ramified, spreading, vigour weak to medium, produces many fruiting spurs, diploid
Blossom
early to mid-season, flowers heavily and regularly
Ripening
end of September (about one week before 'Golden Delicious')
Fruit size & shape
size medium to large, shape globose, slight ribbing in eye basin, stalk thin to medium thin and medium long
Fruit colour
ground colour yellow (yellow-green), over colour (90 % of the skin) solid flush attractive dark red, russet free, conspicuous lenticels
Fruit quality & taste
flesh yellowish, medium firm, crisp, juicy, sweet with a little acid, flavour good, aromatic
Productivity
precocious, heavy and regular
Storability
in cold storage until February, in ULO (Ultra-Low Oxygen) conditions until April
Notes
eating maturity 2 weeks after picking



