Apple tree named ‘Cherry Parfait #19’

Abstract

Cherry Parfait #19 is a new variety most notably characterized by its fruit. It has the combination of a pink color and a distinct citrus flavor having highlights of lemon, grapefruit, orange and mango. The fruit is firm and crisp, but easily broken apart between the cell walls of the fruit. The Cherry Parfait #19 is a ramified type of tree with a spreading tree habit.

Claims

1. A new and distinct apple tree substantially as described and illustrated herein.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) The photographs submitted herewith show the color of our new variety/cultivar shown at age 5 as nearly as reasonably possible to make the same in a color illustration of this character as follows:

(2) FIG. 1 is a photograph of the fruit of the new and distinct variety apple tree Cherry Parfait #19;

(3) FIG. 2 is a photograph of the trunk and limb habit of the tree;

(4) FIG. 3 is a photograph of the fruit and limb habit of the tree;

(5) FIG. 4 is a photograph of the blossoms and limb habit of the tree;

(6) FIG. 5 is a photograph of the open blossoms of the tree;

(7) FIG. 6 is a photograph of the closed blossoms of the tree;

(8) FIG. 7 is a photograph of the Cherry Parfait #19 fruit bottom;

(9) FIG. 8 is a photograph of the Cherry Parfait #19 fruit top;

(10) FIG. 9 is a photograph of the Cherry Parfait #19 fruit cut in half;

(11) FIG. 10 is a photograph of the tree's leaf top surface;

(12) FIG. 11 is a photograph of the tree's leaf bottom surface.

BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE PLANT

(13) The following is a detailed description of our new cultivar of apple tree, Cherry Parfait #19 with color terminology in accordance with The Royal Horticulture Society (R.H.S.) Colour Chart, except where the context indicates a term having its ordinary dictionary meaning. Our new tree has not been observed under all growing conditions and variations may occur as a result of different growing conditions. All progeny of our new variety of Cherry Parfait #19 Apple Tree, insofar as have been observed, have been identical in all the characteristics described below. Parentage: A cross between PINK LADY (Cripps Pink cultivar, U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7780) and Honeycrisp (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 7197) made in April 1999. Locality where grown and observed: Winchester, Ill. Tree: 8-year-old tree on M7 rootstock. Size.Semi-dwarf. Vigor.Medium. Tree type.Ramified. Tree form.Upright; Spreading. Tree height.Approximately 3.8 meters. Tree crown.Width. Approximately 4.3 meters. Productivity.Very productive. (Yielded 28 Kg in 2015). Regularity of bearing.Regular. Bears annually if thinned properly. Trunk diameter.11.43 centimeters at 40 centimeter height. Bark: Surface texture.Rough. Bark color.Greyed Green (Fan #4, Sheet 198-B). Bark lenticels.Numbers 8 per centimeter area Lenticels Shape Elongated Lenticels Size 2 millimeter Lenticels Color Greyed Orange (Fan #4, Sheet 164-B). Branches: Size.Approximately 6.5 centimeters in diameter. Surface texture.Smoother and more glabrous than trunk. Lenticels.6 per centimeter area. Upper branches.Size Average 1.7 centimeters diameter. Surface texture.Older branches Smoother than trunk. More glabrous than pubescent new shoots and branches. Older branches.Color Greyed Green (Fan #4, Sheet 197-B). One-year-old shoots and spurs.Color Greyed Green (Fan #4, Sheet 197-B). Current season's shoots.Color Yellow Green (Fan #3, Sheet 144-A). Actively growing shoots.Color Greyed Green (Fan #4, Sheet 197-B). Expanding shoot tips and young leaves.Color Yellow Green (Fan #3, Sheet 144-A). Internode length.2.54 centimeters. Leaves: Leaf length.7.3 to 9.0 centimeter range. Leaf width.5.0 to 6.0 centimeter range. Leaf thickness.Average. Mature leaf texture.Top surface is glabrous; Bottom surface is slightly pubescent. Leaf blade attitude in relation to the shoot.Upwards. Leaf form.Generally Ovate. Leaf apices.Shape Pointed; Slightly curved. Leaf surface.Texture Pubescent young, immature leaves lose most of their pubescence at maturity. Leaf color.Mature leaves Yellow Green (Fan #3, Sheet 147-B). Color.Mid-Vein (Fan #3, Sheet 147-C). Leaf margins.Generally Serrate; Serrulate; Crenate. Serrations.Size Small. Leaf margins.Shape Undulate. Leaf petiole.Size 2.8 to 4.2 centimeters. Petiole base.Shape Narrow; Very slight flare at base. Petiole.Color Yellow Green (Fan #3, Sheet 147-C). Petiole.Surface texture Lightly pubescent. Immature leaves.Surface texture Medium pubescent. Leaf stipules.Generally 1 millimeter. Leaf stipules.Form Thin and pointed; Tendency to deteriorate from mature leaf petioles. Flowers: Flower buds.Size Average. 1 centimeter. Flower buds.Color Red (Fan #2, Sheet 63-B). Flower buds.Surface texture Medium pubescence. Bloom time.Generally Mid-to-late April. Date of full bloom.Observed at Upstart Nursery on Apr. 18, 2016 and Apr. 28, 2016. Duration of bloom.Approximately 10 days. Flower size.Generally 4.5 centimeters wide. Bloom quantity.Heavy; Abundant. Flowers per node.Five. Petal numbers.Five. Petal form.Ovate. Petal arrangement on the flower.Overlapping. Petal color.Pinkish White (Fan #1, Sheet 36-D). Petal claw.Shape Flat narrow. Petal margins.Shape Smooth. Petal apices.Form Rounded. Flower pedicel.Size 2.5 to 3.0 centimeters. Flower pedicel.Color Pale Green (Fan #3, Sheet 145-C). Flower pedicel.Surface Texture Lightly Pubescent. Floral nectaries.Color Yellow Green (Fan #3, Sheet 144-C). Calyx.Surface Texture Medium pubescence. Calyx.Color Light Green (Fan #4, Sheet 144-D). Sepals.Surface Texture Medium pubescence. Sepals.Size 1 centimeter. Sepals.Color Light Green (Fan #3, Sheet 144-D). Anthers.Size 1.5 millimeter. Anthers.Color Pale Yellow (Fan #1, Sheet 11-C). Pollen production.Average. Pollen.Color Yellow (Fan #1, Sheet 11-B). Stamens.Color Clear White (Fan #4, Sheet 155-A). Pistil.Form Reniform. Pistil.Length 1 centimeter. Pistil.Surface Texture Smooth; Glabrous. Pistil.Color Yellow Green (Fan #3, Sheet 144-C). Fruit: Maturity when described.The fruit of the present variety of the Cherry. Parfait #19 apple tree is described at full commercial maturity hereinafter. Date of harvest.In 2015, the date of harvest was October 1. The date of harvest in 2016 was October 1. The date of harvesting is about October 5. The date of harvesting, noted above, are those that were observed at Winchester, Ill. Fruit size.Generally The fruit diameter was about 75 to 85 millimeters adjacent the stem and about 70 to 75 millimeters around the base; the fruit had a height of about 70 to 75 millimeters. Size of the eye of the fruit.Approximately 12 millimeters. Fruit form.Generally Oblong; Regular. Fruit symmetry.From fully symmetrical to slightly asymmetrical. Fruit stem.Size The fruit stem has a length dimension of about 4 to 5 centimeters and a thickness dimension of about 2.5 to 3 millimeters. Fruit stem.Shape Straight to slightly curved. Fruit stem.Color Yellow Green (Fan #3, Sheet 144-B). Fruit stem.Surface Texture Medium pubescence. Fruit lenticels.Color Greyed Yellow (Fan #4, Sheet 161-A). Stem cavity.Shape Uniform and acute. Stem cavity.Size Width is 25 to 30 millimeters. Depth is 13 to 16 millimeters. Fruit basin.Shape Symmetrical. Approximately 20 millimeters (breadth) and 13 millimeters (depth). Calyx.Form Closed. Core.Medium. Bundle area Approximately 22 millimeters in cross-section and 27 millimeters longitudinally Bundle color Light Green (Fan #3, Sheet 144-D) Core lines Clasping; in-cross section indistinct Carpellary area Small; indistinct Calyx tube Glabrous toward base with a funnel form Stem of funnel Approximately 19 millimeters Depth of tube to shoulder Approximately 11 millimeters Entire depth Approximately 13 millimeters Styles Present; united toward base; pubescent toward base Stamens 1 distinct whorl Seed cells Axile; closed Cell walls Thin; tough Length Approximately 45 millimeters Breadth Approximately 39 millimeters Longitudinal section Broadly ovate Surface Smooth Cross-section Narrow. Fruit carpels.Generally 5 present. Fruit carpels.Shape Ovate with a point. Fruit carpel cells.Form Mostly closed. Fruit carpels.Surface Texture Glabrous. Seeds.Numbers Approximately 8 to 10. Seeds.Size Plump. Length is 6 to 8 millimeters. Width is 3 to 4 millimeters. Seeds.Thickness Approximately 2 to 3 millimeters. Seed apex.Form Acute. Seeds.Color Greyed Purple (Fan #4, Sheet 183-A). The color of the seeds at full commercial maturity.Greyed Purple (Fan #4, Sheet 187-A). Fruit skin.Thickness Average. Fruit skin.Surface texture Smooth. Fruit skin.Flavor Considered mild to neutral. Fruit skin.Color Greyed Red (Fan #4, Sheet 180-B). Fruit skin.Lenticels Few to inconspicuous. Fruit skin lenticel color.Pale Yellow (Fan #1, Sheet 8-D). Bloom.None. Fruit flesh.Color White to Cream Yellow (Fan #1, Sheet 11-D). Fruit flesh.Texture Crisp and juicy with large explosive cells. Stone cells.Generally Not present; not detected. Ripening.Generally even. Fruit holds well on the tree. Can be harvested in 2-3 pickings. Fruit flavor.Sweet, fruity, slight citrus notes. Aroma.Ambrosial. Resistance to insects and diseases.Less susceptible to bitter pit (a physiological disorder caused by a calcium deficiency) than parent Honeycrisp; not particularly susceptible to cedar apple rust (gymnosporangium Juniperi-virginianae); some susceptibility to powdery mildew (podosphaera Leucotricha). Winter hardiness.Hardy: e.g., 6 year old trees survived sustained cold of 10 F. on Jan. 6, 2018. Drought/heat tolerance.Tolerant; e.g., 6 year old trees survived 8 weeks of steady drought in the summer of 2018.