AU: Good start for Reddy Robin™ pear
The Associated International Group of Nurseries (AIGN®) is the exclusive licensor of the Reddy Robbin™ Brand also known for its highly attractive features including a bright red/orange blush exterior covering a lemon background.
The Reddy Robbin™ has also been described by some as a pear with an exterior resembling an apple. This goes with a mild sweet, low acid flavor, with a crisp and juicy texture.
Dr. Gavin Porter, CEO of the Australian Nurserymen’s Fruit Improvement Company LTD, (ANFIC) said after a visit to that first commercial planting earlier this year, growers and marketers were very happy with the fruit outturn.
“The fruit was harvested just prior to a week-long heat wave 40+C,” Dr. Porter says. “White Extenday mat was used on the orchard floor to enhance the skin color and it worked very well. It averaged approximately 60-70 percent with bix levels of 16+. Importantly this harvest maturity including this skin color was considered perfect before the Chinese New Year as marketers indicated they wanted a bicolorur not a full coloured fruit so it’s a great fit. In addition, the fruit flavor profile is very Asian taste palate compatible.”
Growers in New Zealand have had a similar experience as they found the Reddy Robin tree to be very productive with yields of large spherical fruit typically harvested there in late February and early March. It is also leaf scab resistant. It showed excellent storage performance for at least three months and much longer if harvested and stored correctly.
Those same growers were also gratified to have this fruit catch on with the buyers and consumers at Marks & Spencer in the UK. It was there it was described as “looking and tasting like an apple but having the skin and texture of pear, and as a member of the pear family.”
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