Najdared®

Place of breeding: Poland, Żdżary  

Origin: red mutant of the Idared cultivar 

Growth: medium/low, the crown is spherical, dense, with slightly hanging down branches with numerous spurs  

Pollinators: Elstar, Golden, Ligol®, Pinova, Szampion Reno2®, Evereste, Golden Hornet, Prof. Sprenger  

Pollinated  cultivars: Elise®, Gala, Gloster, Golden, Jonagold, Red Jonaprince®, Piros, Pinova, Szampion Reno2® 

Fruit: medium-sized or large, spherical, slightly flattened from the side of the calyx, the peel is very shiny, green and yellow, covered with intense raspberry, blurred blush, which appears very early (the beginning of September), tastier than the Idared variety

Harvest maturity: the first half of October 

Storage: cold store: 6-7 months, CA cold store: 6-8 months 

Resistance to frost: low 

Susceptibility to diseases: scab – medium, powdery mildew – high, fire blight – high

Apple varieties Najdared® are legal protected on the territory of Poland under decisions of the Director of Research Centre for Cultivar Testing (COBORU) in Słupia Wielka granting Plant Breeder’s Rights under legal act on legal protection of plant varieties of 26 th June 2003 (Journal of Laws from 2016, item 843