Abstract

Increasing demand on high-quality agricultural commodities that can be produced without chemicals has raised the interest in organic fruit production. Although at least some of the Swedish growers have taken the big step towards organic growing of dessert apples, production of fruit for industrial processing is still very limited. To identify apple varieties suitable for organic production and industrial use in southern Sweden, we studied 16 cultivars and advanced selections in a yield trial during 1998-2003. Data for tree growth (stem and crown diameter, type and amount of branching etc.), health status, optimum harvesting time, yield, fruit size and quality, and storability was recorded. The most promising cultivars were Blenheim Orange, Bramley, Holsteiner Cox, Ingbo, Queen and Vanda due to their low susceptibility to pests and diseases, good quality and storability and a high level of fruit uniformity. The two tested rootstocks (MM106 and MM111) produced some differences in yield and fruit size in a few of the scion cultivars

Keywords

culinary apple; fruit quality; fruit processing; Malus domestica; yield trial

Published in

Acta Horticulturae
2005, Volume: 682
Publisher: Ibrahim Tahir

SLU Editors

• Tahir, Ibrahim

  • Department of Crop Science, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
    

UKÄ Subject classification

Horticulture


Permanent link to this page (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/5974