Pilot (apple)

'Pilot'
Art	Cultivated apple ( Malus domestica )
origin	Pillnitz , Germany
Institute	Institute for Fruit Research
Launch	1988
ancestry
Cross of ' Clivia ' × ' Undine '
List of apple varieties

The pilot is a medium-sized cultivated apple ( Malus pilot ) that the Saxon Institute for Fruit Research put on the market in 1988.

The apple can be harvested from the end of September and is ready for consumption in February . The apple variety can be stored until May / June. The peel of the apple is rough and pressure-resistant. The yellow to orange basic color is covered by a strong vermilion red up to 60 percent . The firm and juicy flesh has a sweet and sour taste.

The tree shows little susceptibility to powdery mildew , scab and fire blight . Cultivation is possible in all locations suitable for apples.

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literature

• Julius Kühn Institute - Federal Research Institute for Cultivated Plants (ed.): Pillnitzer Obstsorten , Dresden-Pillnitz 2009.
• Manfred Fischer (Ed.): Color Atlas of Fruit Types . 2nd Edition. Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-5547-8 , page 74.

Web links

Commons : Pilot  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Pillnitz fruit varieties from the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI)

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Saxon State Agency for Agriculture: Pillnitzer fruit varieties . Pillnitz 2000 (6th revised edition), p. 12