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 10-14 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 2009,

ORDER FOR 2010.

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