Variety sheet
Weirouge
Fruit on the tree Weirouge
Origin
Chance seedling
Synonyms
n. a.
Agronomic Profile
Flowering: medium, diploid 
Vigour: strong 
Susceptibility: n. a. 
Productivity: Productivity strong, neigt nicht zu Alternanz, no preharvest fruit drop 
Harvest time: 4-2 Week before Golden Delicious 
Fruit
Size and shape: large 
Ground and overcolour: Overcolour red 
Susceptibility to russeting:  
Firmness of the pulp: 7,5-8,5 kg/cm ²at harvest 
Tendency to browning of pulp: no to little oxidation 
Sugar content: 9,8-10,5 °Brix at harvest 
Acid content: 10,7-14,5 g/L MA at harvest 
Total content of Polyphenols1: in the peel: 304,8 ± 56,8 mg Catechin/ 100 g FW; in the pulp: 78,5 ± 12,7 mg Catechin/ 100 g FW 
TAC1: in the peel: 342,2 ± 55,1 mg Trolox/ 100 g FW; in the pulp: 164,9 ± 21,7 mg Trolox/ 100 g FW 
Content of Anthocyanin2: 51,0 ± 0,4 mg Cyanidin 3-galactoside/ 100 g FW (after 2-month storage) 
Vitamin C1: in the peel: 8,2 ± 1,7 mg/100 g FW; in the pulp: 3,3 ± 0,2 mg/100 g FW 
Pectin1: in the pulp: 0,6 ± 0,0 g/100g FW 
Flavour: n. a. 
Storage: in cool store up to 1 Month 
Characteristics: n. a. 
Juice production
Yield: yield very high  
Stability of the colour: absent 
Sugar content: 10,4 °Brix 
Acid content: 13,8 g/L MA 
pH: 3,05 
Total content of Polyphenols: 42,9 ± 1,3 mg Catechin/100 mL juice 
TAC: 73,7 ± 0,6 mg Trolox/100 mL juice 
Content of Anthocyanin2: 51,0 ± 0,4 mg Cyanidin 3-galactoside/ 100 mL juice 
Vitamin C: 5,44 ± 0,00 mg/L juice 

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