Your success is our breeding aim
Parentage: ‘Pinova’ × ‘Topaz’
Breeder: Dr. Michael Neumüller, Bavarian Centre of Pomology and Fruit Breeding, Hallbergmoos, Germany. German and Community plant variety rights are applied for this variety under the designation ‘Bay 4146’.
Tree: Medium growth, compact trees, medium branching density, vegetative growth is completed early in the season.
Flower: Long flowering period, very rich, early-medium flowering time. Diploid. Good pollinator. Regulates the fruit set often on its own, therefore chemical thinning is not generally required.
Fruit: Picking time ten days earlier than ‘Pinova’. Suited for consumption directly from the tree. Cold storage until February. SmartFresh® treated fruits store until the end of June without any quality losses. Fruit large (210 g), lenticells slightly distinct. Two thirds of the fruit skin are striped orange-red. Fruit flesh firm (8 kg/cm²) and very crisp. Medium titratable acid content (5-7 g/l) and high soluble solids conent (14 % Brix). Highly aromatic with pleasant acid.
Rating: Dessert apple of highest quality. Satisfies due to its crisp fruit flesh and its aromatic taste.
Marketability: Dessert apple with high recall value. For companies where fruit quality ranks first.
From ancient times, apple varieties are named after persons bearing relation to the place of its origination. Baron von Hallberg-Broich (1768-1862) was a colourful personality full of restlessness and drive. Ambitious and adventurous, and despite of resistance, he succeeded in draining the land of the today’s territory of Hallbergmoos, in reclaiming the land, and building first houses for the settlers. In 1831, the new town became an independant community.
So the breeder, grown-up himself in Hallbergmoos, named the new variety ‘Hallberg®’ in the honor of the founder of Hallbergmoos. Karl Theodor Maria Hubert Isidor Baron von Hallberg-Broich was an outstanding personality – and in the same way the apple variety named after him stands out from the diverse apple varieties due to its convincing flavor quality!
Unforgettable! There are lots of apple varieties. But only few are kept in mind once they have been eaten. One of them is ‘Hallberg®’.
Forever white! If you cut the fruit into slices, they never turn brown but stay white and do not oxidise. The slices stay appetising!
Small core! The core of the apple is particularly small. So your customers will have more fruit!
Crisp! The fruits of ‘Hallberg®’ have a firm fruit flesh, but are not too firm. They are crisp and juicy.
Aromatic! The juice is highly aromatic and sparkling on the tongue.
Full of character! The base of its success is the sweetness of its fruits which is combined with a pleasant acid. Your customers will appreciate it soon!
Parentage: ‘Pinova’ × ‘Topaz’
Breeder: Dr. Michael Neumüller, Bavarian Centre of Pomology and Fruit Breeding, Hallbergmoos, Germany. Plant variety rights are applied for this variety under the designation ‘Bay 4146’.
Tree: Medium growth, compact trees, medium branching density, growth is completed early in the year.
Yield: Very high and very regular, rarely alternate bearing. Thinning may be necessary or not depening on the fruit set.
Flower: Long flowering period, very rich, medium early flowering time. Diploid. Good pollinator.
Fruit: Picking time ten days earlier than ‘Pinova’. Suited for consumption directly from the tree. Cold storage until February. SmartFresh® treated fruits store until the end of June without any quality losses. Fruit large (210 g), lenticells slightly distinct. Two thirds of the fruit skin are striped orange-red. Fruit flesh firm (8 kg/cm²) and very crisp. Medium titratable acid content (5-7 g/l) and high soluble solids conent (14 % Brix). Highly aromatic with pleasant acid.
Storage:
Cold storage: temperature: ca. 1.5 °C. Stores until February.
CA storage: pronlongs storability until June.
SmartFresh®: treatment recommended; treated fruits store until June. Also in combination with CA storage.
Diseases: low susceptibility to scab (similar to ‘Pinova’). Hardly Marssonina. Little mildew. Overall extremely robust. Proven in organic cultivation.
Rating: Dessert apple with highest quality. Satisfies due to its crisp fruit flesh and its aromatic taste. High recall value. For companies where fruit quality ranks first.
‘Hallberg®’ has proved to be a top seller in lots of direct selling farms. Its unique aroma profile and its characteristic to stay white upon slicing make it stand out from the numerous apple varieties. That is why it is also very popular in the gastronomy.
Dried fruit slices made of ‘Hallberg®’ stay white forever.
