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The main varieties of apples

Published on 28/02/2014 - Published by BENOIT-CELEYRETTE Cécilia
FruiTrop n°219 , Page From 36 to 37
Price : EUR 10,00

Numerous breeding programmes are running and new varieties or mutants of existing varieties are released commercially each year. A number of criteria are sought during varietal creation and breeding: suitability for the cultivation environment, for harvesting and packing, taste and technical characteristics (productivity, flowering period, susceptibility to diseases, maintaining potential, etc.), appropriateness for market demand (colour, shape, size, firmness, sugar content, acidity, texture, flavour, etc.). The main varieties grown are in five groups according to their appearance: yellow, red, green, bicolour and russet.