Plants – Fruit – Apple
Plant Patent
2001-12-14
2003-09-23
Campell, Bruce R. (Department: 1661)
Plants
Fruit
Apple
Plant Patent
active
PP014177
ABSTRACT:
Latin name of the genus and species of the plant claimed:
Malus domestica
Borkh.
Variety denomination: Civni.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention comprises a new and distinct apple tree cultivar of Malus Mill., hereinafter referred to by the cultivar name ‘Civni’. This new and distinct cultivar was bred by inventors Michelangelo Leis, Gianfranco Castagnoli and Alessio Martinelli in Ferrara, Italy, in search of a variety which is of dessert quality, with higher acidity and longer storage capability than that of the ‘Gala’ variety, but with lower acidity than that of the ‘Elstar’ variety. The new cultivar is a cross between the varieties ‘Elstar’ (‘Golden Delicious’בIngrid Marie’—1955) and ‘Gala’ (‘Kidd's Orange’בGolden Delicious’—1939).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined to be basic characteristics of ‘Civni’ which in combination distinguish this apple tree as a new and distinct cultivar:
1. high sugar content;
2. no biennial bearing (bears regularly every year);
3. semi-spur plant; and
4. firm, crisp, juicy and aromatic fruit.
‘Civni’ has not been observed under all possible environmental conditions. The phenotype of the new cultivar may vary significantly with variations in environment such as temperature, light intensity, and day length without any change in genotype. The new cultivar reproduces true to type.
In comparison to the parental cultivar, ‘Gala’, ‘Civni’ has thicker, more elastic leaves which fold, whereas the leaves of ‘Gala’ break more easily when folded. ‘Civni’ is smaller in average plant height and spread, and has a smaller trunk diameter. The measurements in Table 1 were taken of 8 year old trees which had been equally pruned annually; trunk diameter was measured 10 cm above above the point of grafting.
TABLE 1
Variety
Average height
Average spread
Trunk Diameter
‘Gala’
336
273
119
‘Civni’
236
200
85.9
Castagnoli Gianfranco
Leis Michelangelo
Martinelli Alessio
C.I.V. Consorzio Italiano Vivaisti
Campell Bruce R.
Foley & Lardner
McCormick Susan B.
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