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Chopin


In PL – late

Fruits: medium sized, spherical, slightly flattened

Harvest: the first half of October

Stores: few months in cold storage


Stalk

short


Calyx

small or medium, closed


Flesh

greenish-white


Brix : 11.0-12.8%


Flavour : acidic


Firmness : 7.6-9.1kG


Seed locules : moderately open


Titrable acids : 0.9-1.4%

About the cultivar

Origin: ‘Granny Smith’ x U 211


Use : processing, fresh market


Vigour : medium


Tree habit : spreading


Winter hardiness : high


Disease resistance : scab - rvi6, mildew - high, fire blight - unknown


Type of production : on spurs and long shoots