Variety sheet
MC 38 Crimson Snow®
Fruit MC 38
Origin
Chance seedling
Synonyms
n. a.
Agronomic Profile
Flowering: late, diploid 
Vigour: medium 
Susceptibility: n. a. 
Productivity: Productivity medium, neigt nicht zu Alternanz, no preharvest fruit drop 
Harvest time: 6-8 Week after Golden Delicious 
Fruit
Size and shape: very large, rectangular 
Ground and overcolour: Ground colour green; Overcolour dark red, compact, mottled; extremely high (100%) 
Susceptibility to russeting: low rustiness in the calyx/eye basin and/or in the stalk cavity(<5%) 
Firmness of the pulp: 6,3-8,1 kg/cm ²at harvest 
Tendency to browning of pulp: medium oxidation 
Sugar content: 12,7-14,7 °Brix at harvest 
Acid content: 5,6-6,4 g/L MA at harvest 
Total content of Polyphenols1: in the peel: 338,2 ± 16,7 mg Catechin/ 100 g FW; in the pulp: 102,9 ± 4,6 mg Catechin/ 100 g FW 
TAC1: in the peel: 478,0 ± 44 mg Trolox/ 100 g FW; in the pulp: 164 ± 4,9 mg Trolox/ 100 g FW 
Content of Anthocyanin2: n. a. 
Vitamin C1: in the peel: 56,0 ± 3,2 mg/100 g FW; in the pulp: 9,0 ± 0,6 mg/100 g FW 
Pectin1: in the pulp: 2 ± 0,5 g/100g FW 
Flavour: n. a. 
Storage: in cool store up to 3 Months 
Characteristics: n. a. 
Juice production
Yield: yield low  
Stability of the colour: strong oxidation after juice production 
Sugar content: 11,9 °Brix 
Acid content: 4,1 g/L MA 
pH: 3,61 
Total content of Polyphenols: 25,2 ± 1,0 mg Catechin/100 mL juice 
TAC: 43,4 ± 0,6 mg Trolox/100 mL juice 
Content of Anthocyanin2: n. a. 
Vitamin C: 1,47 ± 0,01 mg/L juice 

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