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Rubaiyat
type: Cider, Dessert, Eating, Ornamental, Pie, Pollinization
synonyms: Registered and marketed as Rubaiyat.
summary: This deeply-coloured crab apple is favoured for cider, pies and desserts.
identification: Medium size. Deep red skin, marked with darker striping.
characteristics: The flesh is red with berry aromas. Depending on the growing season, the fruit can be crisp, sweet with defined red berry aromas. Needs to be used soon after harvest.
origins: One of 30 or more red-fleshed apples grown from open-pollinated seedlings of Surprise (Etter) by orchardist/plant breeder Albert Etter at his homestead in Briceland, California (U.S.A.) during the first half of the 1900s. After Etter's demise in 1950, the property was abandoned and the experimental orchard became overgrown, with many of Etter's trees dying off in the process. Some, fortunately, were saved through the efforts of fruit explorers like Ram Fishman who lived just a few kilometres from what was Etter's orchard. The Rubaiyat was found as a decrepit tree propped up by an old fence. The tree was destroyed a year later by a wandering herd of cattle, but cuttings had been taken before they did. Greenmantle Nursery has included this cultivar as part of its Rosetta series.
cultivation: Compact, natural semi-dwarf growth. Best suited to warmer climates.
progeny: Cherub
cold storage: Does not store well; flesh turns purple once picked. Maximum storage is less than a week after picking. Once dry, it becomes bitter.
vulnerabilities: Susceptible to mites and insect damage.
harvest: Early middle period.
notes: Part of the Rosetta Group of Etter's apples, as organized by Greenmantle Nursery.
pollination peak: 1
ploidism: Diploid. Self sterile.
brix: 12
harvest period: 5
foliage: Susceptible to mites.
hardiness: 5
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