Breeder: Unknown
Origin: South Tyrol, Italy
Blossom, pollination: Self-fertile
Cropping: Productive
Maturity: Late
Fruit characteristics: Medium sized, 38g, round shape, yellow to light orange colour, middle firm and orange-yellow flesh,
sweet and sourly taste, juicy, sweet kernel, sugar content about 9%
Tree habit: Large and regularly shaped treetops, vigorous, robust
Susceptibilities: Susceptible to
Sharka (
Plum pox virus, PPV).
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.