'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