Breeder: Unknown
Origin: Austria
Blossom, pollination: Self-fertile, blossoms late, medium sized blossoms with white petals
Maturity: Early-middle (mid-July to early August)
Fruit characteristics:
Medium sized, 55g, greenish yellow-yellow colour, on the sunny
side more than half of the surface reddened and very densely
puncuated, orange-reddish firm flesh, juicy, sweet and aromatic taste,
bitter kernel, sugar content 9.4%,
Aromatic
Tree habit: Very much like "Ungarische Beste (Hungarian Best)" i.e. small treetop, slightly drooping branches, medium vigour
Susceptibilities: Winter-hardy and resistant against frosts during blossoming
Genetic characterisation:
To elucidate the genetic relationship among apricot
cultivars, a dendrogram generated from the UPGMA cluster analysis
was produced
(Dendrogram).
For more detailed information please see our publication
"Microsatellite variability in apricots (
Prunus armeniaca L.) reflects
their
geographic origin and breeding history" in
"Tree Genetics and Genomes" Volume 1, Number 4, December 2005, page 151 - 165.