Variety sheet
Morgenduft
Fruit Morgenduft
Origin
Chance seedling
Synonyms
Gillets Seedling, Imperatore, Rimskaia Krasvita, Rome Beauty
Agronomic Profile
Flowering: late, diploid 
Vigour: strong 
Susceptibility: n. a. 
Productivity: Productivity strong, neigt nicht zu Alternanz, no preharvest fruit drop 
Harvest time: 2-4 Week after Golden Delicious 
Fruit
Size and shape: very large 
Ground and overcolour: Overcolour red 
Susceptibility to russeting: low rustiness in the calyx/eye basin and/or in the stalk cavity(<5%) 
Firmness of the pulp: 6,3-7,3 kg/cm ²at harvest 
Tendency to browning of pulp: medium oxidation 
Sugar content: 11,0-11,5 °Brix at harvest 
Acid content: 3,7-6,0 g/L MA at harvest 
Total content of Polyphenols1: in the peel: 413,4 ± 112,3 mg Catechin/ 100 g FW; in the pulp: 93,4 ± 8,6 mg Catechin/ 100 g FW 
TAC1: in the peel: 672,7 ± 158,3 mg Trolox/ 100 g FW; in the pulp: 184,7 ± 12,5 mg Trolox/ 100 g FW 
Content of Anthocyanin2: n. a. 
Vitamin C1: in the peel: 19,9 ± 5,9 mg/100 g FW; in the pulp: 1,7 ± 0,3 mg/100 g FW 
Pectin1: in the pulp: 0,9 ± 0,4 g/100g FW 
Flavour: n. a. 
Storage: in cool store up to 2 Months 
Characteristics: n. a. 
Juice production
Yield: yield very low  
Stability of the colour: average oxidation after juice production 
Sugar content: 12,4 °Brix 
Acid content: 4,7 g/L MA 
pH: 3,68 
Total content of Polyphenols: 36,3 ± 3,1 mg Catechin/100 mL juice 
TAC: 31,7 ± 9,3 mg Trolox/100 mL juice 
Content of Anthocyanin2: n. a. 
Vitamin C: 1,88 ± 0,03 mg/L juice 

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