Variety sheet
Orion
Fruit Orion
Origin
Golden Delicious x Otawa
Synonyms
n. a.
Agronomic Profile
Flowering: medium, triploid 
Vigour: medium 
Susceptibility: resistant Susceptibility to scab 
Productivity: Productivity strong, neigt nicht zu Alternanz, no preharvest fruit drop 
Harvest time: 2-0 Week before Golden Delicious 
Fruit
Size and shape: very large, flattened globular 
Ground and overcolour: Ground colour yellow-green; Overcolour no cover colour 
Susceptibility to russeting: strong rustiness of the fruit 
Firmness of the pulp: 5,8-7,0 kg/cm ²at harvest 
Tendency to browning of pulp: medium oxidation 
Sugar content: 13,0-14,9 °Brix at harvest 
Acid content: 6,7-8,1 g/L MA at harvest 
Total content of Polyphenols1: in the peel: 272,4 ± 48,5 mg Catechin/ 100 g FW; in the pulp: 60,8 ± 18,7 mg Catechin/ 100 g FW 
TAC1: in the peel: 313,6 ± 72,0 mg Trolox/ 100 g FW; in the pulp: 147,2 ± 25,4 mg Trolox/ 100 g FW 
Content of Anthocyanin2: n. a. 
Vitamin C1: in the peel: 21,8 ± 5,1 mg/100 g FW; in the pulp: 2,2 ± 0,7 mg/100 g FW 
Pectin1: in the pulp: 1,1 ± 0,4 g/100g FW 
Flavour: n. a. 
Storage: in cool store up to 2 Months 
Characteristics: tendency to bitter pit 
Juice production
Yield: yield very low  
Stability of the colour: little oxidation after juice production 
Sugar content: 13,5 °Brix 
Acid content: 5,8 g/L MA 
pH: 3,48 
Total content of Polyphenols: 28,4 ± 0,8 mg Catechin/100 mL juice 
TAC: 40,6 ± 1,3 mg Trolox/100 mL juice 
Content of Anthocyanin2: n. a. 
Vitamin C: 5,14 ± 0,01 mg/L juice 

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