Rubinette
Variety of Apple · Malus domestica
Aromatic Cox descendant with an intense sweet-sharp balance for connoisseurs.
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Taste & characteristics
Taste
sourcrispjuicysweetaromatic
Susceptibility & resistance
ScabPowdery mildew
Profile
- Parentage
- Golden Delicious × Cox Orange
- Breeder
- Walter Hauenstein
- Pollination
- self-sterile – needs a pollinator variety
Flowering & harvest
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Description
Fruit
High-quality dessert apple with a top eating rating, aromatic in the Cox Orange tradition.
Growth
Weak-growing tree with low vigour.
Notes
Suited only to intensive cultivation with plant protection; not recommended for gardens or meadow orchards. A Golden Delicious x Cox Orange cross.
Care
Requires intensive plant protection against scab and mildew.
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