Ruiru 11

Variety of Arabica coffee · Coffea arabica

Kenya's disease-resistant compact hybrid – guards against CBD and rust at high density.

🇰🇪 Kenya 1985

Taste & characteristics

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Parentage: Komplexer Hybrid (u. a. Catimor x SL28/SL34/K7) – CBD- und rostresistent
Breeder: Coffee Research Station Ruiru (Kenia)
Pollination: self-fertile

Red cherries; good cup, though traditionally a step below SL28/SL34 quality.

Small and compact, allowing dense planting; propagated as F1 hybrid seed.

High yield and early bearing; resistance to CBD and rust cuts spraying costs.

Developed in response to coffee berry disease. Later complemented by the cultivar Batian.

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