Rubinette

Rubinette®

Synonym:
Rafzubin
Family:
Rosaceae – Rose family
Species:
Malus domestica

Origin

Coincidence seedling of Golden Delicious. Cox Orange is assumed to be the father variety. Detected 1966 by Peter Hauenstein and brought out 1982 under variety-protection by the tree nursery Hauenstein AG in Rafz, Switzerland.

Fruit

Small to medium sized, green yellow, up to ¾ orange to rusty-red striped to marbled. Meat firmly and fine cellular.

Flavour

Very juicy, very high sugar and very high acidity, spicily and fruitily flavour.

Maturity

At the end of September.

Storage

In cold storage to at the end of November, in CA storage until the end of January.

Recommendation

Well suitably for the kitchen.