Rubin
Dessert apple
Malus domestica Borkh.
Raised at the University of Agriculture, Prague, Czechoslovakia. Selected by O. Louda in 1960. Fruits are sweet, crisp and juicy.
Availability
Material in the National Fruit Collection not currently available.
Parentage:
Lord Lambourne x Golden Delicious
Sports:
Bohemia
Accession name
Rubin
Flowering time
6th May 10% flowering
10th May Full (80%) flowering
18th May 90% petal fall
Picking time
Early October 1
Size
large 1
Type
Dessert 1
Shape
Flat globose 1
Height
61.56 mm 1
Width
75.64 mm 1
Ribbing
absent 1
Crown
absent 1
Ground Colour
Whitish yellow 1
Over Colour (Amount)
high 1
Over Colour
Orange 1
Over Colour (Pattern)
striped 1
Russet
low 1
Coarseness
coarse 1
Flesh Colour
Cream 1
References:
1. NFC fruit (undated) Unpublished characterisation by staff at NFC, Brogdale.
2. Smith, M. (1971) National Apple Register