Pompink

Vital and climatically robust pillar apple with many processing qualities, durable in the cool cellar until January

Parents:

Obelisk-Flamenco x Topaz

Growth:

columnar growth, steep upright, short internodes

Blossom:

medium late, rich blossoming, very robust, diploid, good pollinator; good pollinators for pompink are pomforyou and pomredrobust.

Ripeness:

fruit ripe for picking by end of September

Storage:

storeable in cold storage until March

Appearance:

green-yellow, body colour extensive up to tongued, bright to purple red, percentages of body colour 60–80 %, russet-free, fruit medium to large, flat to medium high, medium bulbous, slightly ribbed, medium long

Quality:

very firm fruit pulp (to the bite), white and cream-colored

Taste:

excellent, aromatic, juicy, fine sourish dessert, processing- and cider apple

Crop yield:

very high, regular, early-onset

Special notes:

very low susceptibility to scab, blight, cancer, fruit rot and aphids