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Research and Breeding Institute of Pomology Holovousy Ltd.
Introduction
Frantisek Paprstein, Jiri Sedlak,
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Research and Breeding Institute of Pomology Holovousy Ltd.
Company consists of 4 research departments:
Department of Genebanks
Department of Plant protection
Department of Genetics and Breeding
Department of Technology
Institute is situated in Eastern Bohemia (Region Hradec
Kralove) approximately 100 km easterly from Prague.
Employees - 72, Research team - 24
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Selected species Number of
genotypes
Rootstock
Apple 1086 M 9
Pear 137 Pear seedling
Plum 258 Myrobalan (Prunus cerasifera)
Sweet cherry 347 P-TU-2
Sour cherry 108 P-TU-2
Genetic resources of selected fruit species conserved and
evaluated in RBIP Holovousy Ltd.
Other conserved fruit crops:
strawberry, raspberry, gooseberry, currant, highbush blueberry,
walnut, hazel-nut, rowan, etc.
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Research and Breeding Institute of Pomology Holovousy Ltd.
Main breeding programmes:
apple (cultivars Angold, Jarka, Julia, Meteor, Resista,
Rubimeg, Rubinstep, Rucla, Sampion Red, Selena,
Vysocina, Fragrance etc.)
pear (David, Erika, Elektra, Isolda, Manon, Vonka etc.)
sweet cherry
(Amid, Early Korvik, Fabiola, Jacinta, Kasandra,
Sandra, Tamara, Tim, Justyna, Halka etc.)
Other breeding programmes: plum, apricot
5. Flordika
Crossing of ´Discovery´ x
´Florina´. Cultivar is resistant to
scab and tolerant to powdery
mildew. Trees are precocious;
their cropping is sufficient and
regular. Fruits are medium in size
(155 g), round and regular.
Ground colour is creamy yellow,
up to 95% is covered by crimson
red over colour. Flesh is fine, crisp
and juicy. Taste is very good - sub
acid to sweet. Harvest is at the
end of September and consume
season from November till
February.
6. Frosta
´Florina´ x A 814/9 (‘Cox Orange’
x A 467-74). Cultivar is resistant
to scab and partly resistant to
powdery mildew. Fruits are large,
conical. The ground colour is
green yellow. Over colour is
orange to scarlet spread on the
51-75 % of fruit (mottled
pattern). Taste is very good, sub-
acid to sweet. Fruit resistance to
bruising is high. The harvest time
is late. Eating maturity is late
similar to Golden Delicious.
7. Rucla
´Clivia´ x ´Rubin´. It is a type of
´Cox Orange´ apple with better
resistance to diseases and phys.
disorders, with higher quality and
longer storage ability of fruits. Trees
are precocious; their cropping is
sufficient and regular. Fruits have
medium size and their shape is
globose to globose conical. Ground-
colour of skin is green to yellow,
with 60 to 90 % covered by crimson
to brown red over-colour. Flesh is
fine, crisp, juicy. Taste is well
balanced, with a pleasant flavour,
excellent. Time of ripening is 1 week
before ´Golden Delicious´ and fruits
keep well till May or longer.
