Variety sheet
Alkmene
Fruit Alkmene
Origin
Cox Orangenrenette x Geheimrat Dr. Oldenburg
Synonyms
n. a.
Agronomic Profile
Flowering: early, diploid 
Vigour: medium 
Susceptibility: n. a. 
Productivity: Productivity medium, tends to biennial bearing, no preharvest fruit drop 
Harvest time: 6-4 Week before Golden Delicious 
Fruit
Size and shape: medium, wide globular-conoid, flattened globular 
Ground and overcolour: Ground colour green; Overcolour red, marbled, mottled; little (25%) 
Susceptibility to russeting: strong rustiness of the fruit 
Firmness of the pulp: 7,6-8,6 kg/cm ²at harvest 
Tendency to browning of pulp: n. a. 
Sugar content: 12,5-13,2 °Brix at harvest 
Acid content: 7,4-9,8 g/L MA at harvest 
Total content of Polyphenols1: n. a. 
TAC1: n. a. 
Content of Anthocyanin2: n. a. 
Vitamin C1: n. a. 
Pectin1: n. a. 
Flavour: n. a. 
Storage: in cool store up to 2 Months 
Characteristics: n. a. 
Juice production
Yield: n. a.  
Stability of the colour: n. a. 
Sugar content: n. a. 
Acid content: n. a. 
pH: n. a. 
Total content of Polyphenols: n. a. 
TAC: n. a. 
Content of Anthocyanin2: n. a. 
Vitamin C: n. a. 

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1 after two months of normal cool storage
2 only for red fleshed varieties