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PLFOG99 cv. (syn Pink Belle) 
(A New Australian,
Spur Bearing Cripp's Pink Sport)
 
Pink Belle (PLFOG99 cv) 5th
Leaf ***************Tree Full size, Export quality fruit
Major variety attributes:
- Up to 7-10 days earlier maturity than
Pink Lady™ ; export quality fruit
- Tree size 2m high x 1m wide (up to 3,300 trees/ha)
- No training, trellising, bending, tying, cincturing
or spreading required
- Third leaf tree Yields averaged 11kg per tree;
sixth leaf tree Yields averaged 30kg per tree. Some trees produced
45kg of fruit.
- Tree Royalty only
STOCK
AVAILABLE FOR 2011,
ORDER
FOR 2012 and 2013.
2008 Postharvest Storage & Packing
Summary – PLFOG99 cv (syn. Pink Belle)
• Pink Belle (PLFOG99 cv.) fruit was harvested from the orchard
of Terry and Dianne Fogliani (Kirup, Western Australia) late
in the 2nd week of Pink Lady 2008 harvest season (May, 2008).
• The fruit was harvested a little late for great postharvest
storage but the fruit out of cold storage did very well.
• The Pink Belle fruit from cold storage (4 months) had
an overall high% of well coloured pink fruit with fruit
attaining
10-20%
higher
% of pink skin colour than standard Pink LadyTM fruit
but was still a bi-coloured apple.
• The pink skin colour was very good quality.
• The fruit finish was also very good with no mottling
or hammering of the surface and very low greasiness considering
the fruit
was harvested from high N trees.
• Packout % = 80% Grade 1 fruit from more than 5
tonnes of fruit.
• Fruit pressure after storage was 7.4 kg and sugars
14.3 Brix (100 fruit sample)
Graded and packed fruit ready for marketing
NO WARRANTY OR REPRESENTATION
The Commercial Grower acknowledges that no information, representation or warranty
has been made by ANFIC or any of its member nurseries on its behalf as
to: the suitability of the plant
for the Commercial Grower’s needs and environment; and the performance
of the Plant and fruit variety to which it belongs, and the Commercial
Grower acknowledges that it has not relied on any such information, representation
or warranty. The Commercial Grower represents and warrants that it has
made its own inquiries prior to the purchase of the Plants and has satisfied
itself as to all matters or qualities pertaining to the Plant.
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