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NEW PLUM AND MIRABELLES VARIETIES OUT OF THE BREEDING WORK AND DEVELOPMENT IN GEISENHEIM
Article number
577_28
Pages
173 – 176
Language
English
Abstract
Shown some new, efficient and yield-stable cultivars resulting from breeding work are shown in Geisenheim.
‘Topfive’, as a hybrid of ‘Cacanska Najbolja’ x ‘Auerbacher’, a mid-early ripening, dark blue cultivar with good culinary and processing quality.
‘Topking’, as a hybrid of ‘Cacanska Najbolja’ x ‘Italian Prune’, a mid-season ripening, dark blue cultivar with excellent culinary and processing quality.
‘Topper’, as a hybrid of ‘Cacanska Najbolja’ x ‘Auerbacher’, is a mid-season to late ripening, blue cultivar with excellent culinary and processing quality for warmer climates. ‘Topper’ bears very early and heavily, is absolutely self-fertile, has a robust to frost-resistant flower and is compatible with all rootstocks.
It shows no alternating problems and is a dwarfing and plum pox (sharka) fruittolerant cultivar.
‘Top’ and ‘Top 2000’, are a hybrid of ‘Auerbacher’ x ‘Stanley’, and very late ripening, dark blue cultivars with good culinary and processing quality for cooler climates.
They are bearing very early and heavily, are absolutely self-fertile, compatible with all rootstocks and tolerant to some pests and diseases.
They prolong to the plum harvest season for four weeks.
‘Topfit’, as a hybrid of ‘Ersingen’ x Cacanska Najbolja’, is an early season ripening, blue and large cultivar with good culinary quality. ‘Topfit’ is self-fertile, has a very robust flower and is plum pox (sharka) fruittolerant.
‘Tophit’, as a hybrid of ‘Cacanska Najbolja’ x ‘President’, is a late ripening, dark blue and very large cultivar with excellent culinary quality for all climates. ‘Tophit’ bears also early and heavily, is self-fertile, compatible with all rootstocks.
The two mirabelles cultivars ‘Bellamira’, as a hybrid of ‘Cacanska Najbolja’ x ‘Mirabelle de Nancy’ and ‘Miragrande’, as a hybrid of ‘Mirabelle de Herrenhausen’ x ‘Yellow Prune’, do differ about 4 weeks in their maturity time.
Both varieties have a big size and are about the double size with 16-18 g as the standard variety ‘Mirabelle de Nancy’. They serve as a vitalization of the European fresh market and are very suitable for the processing industry.
All these cultivars are registered for the national and European plant patent protection.
‘Topfive’, as a hybrid of ‘Cacanska Najbolja’ x ‘Auerbacher’, a mid-early ripening, dark blue cultivar with good culinary and processing quality.
‘Topking’, as a hybrid of ‘Cacanska Najbolja’ x ‘Italian Prune’, a mid-season ripening, dark blue cultivar with excellent culinary and processing quality.
‘Topper’, as a hybrid of ‘Cacanska Najbolja’ x ‘Auerbacher’, is a mid-season to late ripening, blue cultivar with excellent culinary and processing quality for warmer climates. ‘Topper’ bears very early and heavily, is absolutely self-fertile, has a robust to frost-resistant flower and is compatible with all rootstocks.
It shows no alternating problems and is a dwarfing and plum pox (sharka) fruittolerant cultivar.
‘Top’ and ‘Top 2000’, are a hybrid of ‘Auerbacher’ x ‘Stanley’, and very late ripening, dark blue cultivars with good culinary and processing quality for cooler climates.
They are bearing very early and heavily, are absolutely self-fertile, compatible with all rootstocks and tolerant to some pests and diseases.
They prolong to the plum harvest season for four weeks.
‘Topfit’, as a hybrid of ‘Ersingen’ x Cacanska Najbolja’, is an early season ripening, blue and large cultivar with good culinary quality. ‘Topfit’ is self-fertile, has a very robust flower and is plum pox (sharka) fruittolerant.
‘Tophit’, as a hybrid of ‘Cacanska Najbolja’ x ‘President’, is a late ripening, dark blue and very large cultivar with excellent culinary quality for all climates. ‘Tophit’ bears also early and heavily, is self-fertile, compatible with all rootstocks.
The two mirabelles cultivars ‘Bellamira’, as a hybrid of ‘Cacanska Najbolja’ x ‘Mirabelle de Nancy’ and ‘Miragrande’, as a hybrid of ‘Mirabelle de Herrenhausen’ x ‘Yellow Prune’, do differ about 4 weeks in their maturity time.
Both varieties have a big size and are about the double size with 16-18 g as the standard variety ‘Mirabelle de Nancy’. They serve as a vitalization of the European fresh market and are very suitable for the processing industry.
All these cultivars are registered for the national and European plant patent protection.
Authors
H.B. Jacob
Keywords
European plums, prunes, mirabelles, new cultivars
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