Variety description

Origin : Sport of Fuji, New-Zealand

Breeder : Austin

Licence holder : DALIVAL
Picking date : Late season
Fruit size : 70/85
Uses : suitable sport for the areas where the colour is difficult to get. Significant improvement of the grade-out. This variety is suitable for the south of Europe (Italy, Spain, Portugal) where consumers eat sweet apples without any acidity. 

Tree

Blossom date : A few days after Golden Delicious
Pollinator : Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Elstar, Malus Golden Gem, Malus INRAundefinedreg; Baugeneundefinedreg;
Vigour : strong (choose M9)
Time till first cropping / yields : rapid / good to very good yields
Susceptibility to alternate bearing / thinning : susceptible to alternate bearing after heavy crops / difficult thinning
Susceptibility / resistance to diseases : average susceptibility to scab, low susceptibility to mildew, fire blight and canker

Fruit

Skin / shape : very attractive intense pink red, blushed with a few stripes; the most coloured clone of Fuji
Flesh / taste : crisp, juicy and fine; sweet taste with hardly any acidity
Storage potential : March in cold store, June in CA storage