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Civni
type: Dessert
synonyms: Civina. Marketed as Rubens. Not to be confused with the Dutch Rubens which is a Cox's Orange Pippin progeny developed in the 1940s. To add confusion, there is a variety referred to as Rubin .
summary: An Italian-bred supermarket variety intended to be eaten fresh and bred for long storage.
identification: Medium size tending to large, conic and sometimes asymmetrical.. The skin is smooth, medium thick and develops a greasy feel in storage. The base colour is golden-yellow over which it is heavily striped with broken lines of red covering 60 to 100 percent of the surface. The stem is long and medium thick, set in a medium base.
characteristics: The flesh is creamy white, with a medium texture, firm and crunchy. Aromatic and sweet with just enough acidity to give it a sprightly mouth feel.
origins: Developed in 1985 by Gianfranco Castagnoli, Michelangelo Leis and Alessio Martinelli for the Consorzio Italiano Vivaisti in Ferrara (Italy), by crossing Elstar with Kidd's D-8 . Introduced 1988.
cultivation: Moderately vigorous, upright spreading. Bears fruit on spurs and produces crops annually, though the yield can be somewhat sparse every other year.
cold storage: Keeps five months in cold storage.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to scab, mildly susceptible to powdery mildew.
harvest: Ready for harvest in the middle of the fifth period and are best picked over a three week span.
pollination peak: 1
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
cold storage weeks: 20
harvest period: 5
hardiness: 7
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