DALILIGHT P.V.R.

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Availability (unless sold in the meantime)

	Season 2023/2024	Season 2024/2025
Trees	M200	M200
Graftwood / Budwood	√	√

General information

Origin : cross of Elstar x Cripps Pink, France
Breeder : Dalival
Licence holder : Dalival
Picking date : between Golden Delicious and Braeburn (5-7 days before Braeburn)
Fruit size : 75/90
Uses : this variety is particularly suitable for farm shops due to both its good eating qualities and distinctive shape

Tree description

Blossom date : mid-season (as for Golden Delicious), not many flowers
Pollinator : Granny Smith, Idared, Inored, Canopy, Malus INRA Perpetu Evereste
Type of tree : similar to Elstar, very bushy tree, production on brindles
Vigour : weak to average (choose a strong rootstock such as M9 Pajam®2 Cepiland or M9 EMLA)
Time till first cropping / yields : rapid / average yields
Susceptibility to alternate bearing / thinning : low susceptibility to alternate bearing / very susceptible to chemical thinning
Susceptibility / resistance to diseases : low susceptibility to scab

Fruit description

Fruit description : very attractive pink red bicoloured apple with a distinctive flat shape
Flesh / taste : firm and crisp, very fine and light wich explode in the mouth; good flavour
Storage potential : March in cold store, June in CA storage

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