IDAREDEST

PLACE OF BREEDING:

Poland

ORIGIN:

red mutant of the Idared cultivar

GROWTH:

weak; round crown, dense; slightly hanging down limbs with numerous spurs

POLLINATORS:

Bohemia, Braeburn, Cortland, Elstar, Golden Delicious, Gloster, James Grieve, Pinova, Rubin, Sunrise, Szampion

POLLINATED CULTIVARS:

Alwa, Arlet, Cortland, Delbard Jubile, Delcorf, Elise, Gala, Golden Delicious, Jonagold, Katja, Ligol, Lodel, Pilot, Pinova, Piros, Szampion, Summerred, Sunrise

HARVEST MATURITY:

beginning of October

STORAGE:

cold store: 6-7 months, CA cold store: 6-8 months

RESISTANCE TO FROST:

medium; it effectively regenerates damage caused by frost

SUSCEPTIBILITY TO DISEASES:

scab – medium, powdery mildew – medium, fire blight – high

FRUIT:

large, more flattened than the original cultivar; very shiny, green and yellow skin, covered by more intense blush than the standard cultivar.