Sonate

medium-sized, very tasty autumn apple, type ballerina

Parents:

Vanda x Tuscan (Bolero®)

Growth:

slow, compact, columnar growth

Blossom:

early to medium early

Ripeness:

fruit ripe for picking: early September, one month before Golden Delicious; ripe for consumption: until early November

Appearance:

medium-sized fruit, flattened ball-shaped, stem medium long (18 mm), smooth fruit skin, slightly fatty, without russets, basic colour green-yellow, up to 50 % striped and washy bright red body colour

Quality:

very juicy medium firm (to the bite) whitish fruit pulp

Taste:

juicy, harmonious to sweet, pleasant taste

Crop yield:

early onset

Special notes:

tendency to alternate bearing, thus thinning of fruit volume is recommended, resistences to scab, for use in the home garden