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.