Rubinette

Low Maintenance Swiss Apple

            [Acid-medium/low; Sugar-high; Tannin-low]

Eating

Sweet, Subacid

Physical Attributes:

• Shape: Medium, conical
• Skin: Golden with darker orange and red stripes
• Flesh: Cream-coloured, crisp, fine-grained

Flavour:

            Excellent combination of sweet, honeyed flavour. Initially somewhat tart, but some citrus and vanilla notes linger on.

Neat History:

            A cross breed of Golden Delicious x Cox's Orange Pippin by Walter Hauenstein in Reafz, Zurch, Switzerland in 1966 where it is still a very popular eating apple.

Growing Attributes:

• Precocity: Moderate
• Vigour: Moderate, upright
• Disease Tolerance: Moderate
• Zone Hardiness: 4 (Map link)
• Pollination Group: III (Chart) (Diploid, Self-Sterile)
• Cropping: Annual, light crop
• Picking Season: September
• Storage: 1-2 months
• Special care: Requires spot-picking, good for trellising, spur bearing

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