Variety sheet
Pixi Seam
Fruit Pixi Seam
Origin
Unknown cross
Synonyms
n. a.
Agronomic Profile
Flowering: medium, diploid 
Vigour: medium 
Susceptibility: n. a. 
Productivity: Productivity low, neigt nicht zu Alternanz, no preharvest fruit drop 
Harvest time: 4-2 Week before Golden Delicious 
Fruit
Size and shape: medium, wide globular-conoid 
Ground and overcolour: Ground colour green; Overcolour red, washed out; little (25%) 
Susceptibility to russeting: little rustiness of the fruit 
Firmness of the pulp: 8,0-9,0 kg/cm ²at harvest 
Tendency to browning of pulp: no to little oxidation 
Sugar content: 11,9-13,9 °Brix at harvest 
Acid content: 9,6-10,3 g/L MA at harvest 
Total content of Polyphenols1: in the peel: 174,8 ± 59,6 mg Catechin/ 100 g FW; in the pulp: 48,2 ± 8,3 mg Catechin/ 100 g FW 
TAC1: in the peel: 187,9 ± 64,3 mg Trolox/ 100 g FW; in the pulp: 122,3 ± 9,7 mg Trolox/ 100 g FW 
Content of Anthocyanin2: 1,5 ± 0,1 mg Cyanidin 3-galactoside/ 100 g FW (after 2-month storage) 
Vitamin C1: in the peel: 15,6 ± 4,0 mg/100 g FW; in the pulp: 5,4 ± 0,6 mg/100 g FW 
Pectin1: in the pulp: 0,7 ± 0,2 g/100g FW 
Flavour: n. a. 
Storage: in cool store up to 3 Months 
Characteristics: tendency to bitter pit 
Juice production
Yield: yield very high  
Stability of the colour: average oxidation after decanting 
Sugar content: 12,3 °Brix 
Acid content: 7,9 g/L MA 
pH: 3,42 
Total content of Polyphenols: 18,4 ± 0,3 mg Catechin/100 mL juice 
TAC: 28,2 ± 1,3 mg Trolox/100 mL juice 
Content of Anthocyanin2: 1,5 ± 0,1 mg Cyanidin 3-galactoside/ 100 mL juice 
Vitamin C: 1,94 ± 0,01 mg/L juice 

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