New Variety of apple from Australia. "Julie"

1. BPN 02
Julie®

2. ORIGIN OF BPN 02
• Chance seedling
• Observed fruit around 1990’s
• A number of trees propagated around 2002
• Planted in an orchard situation in 2003.
• First fruit in 2005
• Have around 350 trees from 2 -12 years old
• Stable. No evidence any regressive tendencies.

3. DEVELOPMENT OF BPN 02
• Placed in AFIP program in 2008 for evaluation
• 3 sites Huonville, Shepparton, & Lenswood
• PBR applied for in 2011.Provisional acceptance 28/02/12
• Anticipate PBR to be completed in 2015.
• May 2014 applied to trade mark name “ Julie “ Granted April 2015
• Currently have trial sites in 28 commercial orchards in all significant apple growing areas
across 6 states.
• August 2014 applied for “ Julz” trademark for use overseas. Commenced trademarking in
46 countries March 2015.

4. THE APPLE
• MATURES EARLY MARCH AT
BILPIN RED DELICIOUS TIME
• SWEET CAN BE 14 -17 BRIX
• HAS SOME SUBTLE
FLAVOURS STRAWBERRY,
PEAR, NASHI, PINEAPPLE.
• WELL COLOURED.
• LOVES SUN
• COLOURS WELL ALL OVER
TREE
• TOLERATES HOT WEATHER
• LENSWOOD 2014 . 10 DAYS
HIGH 30’S TO 4O DEG
• BRIAN PAGE, TANGARA
NURSERY OBSERVED THAT IT
HANDLED HOT WEATHER
BETTER THAN OTHER
VARIETIES IN HIS TRIAL
BLOCK Evaluation against Fierro at Bilpin

5. COLOUR & SUGAR
Hounville 2011/12 Shepparton 2012/13 Lenswood 2012/13
Data from APFIP evaluation trial sites

6. THE FRUIT
•Consistent crop loads from year 3. No fruit thinning has been carried out.
•Size is not a problem.
• Colour and maturity that should allow a minimum number of picks.
•Will hang on the tree after the optimum picking time.
•Does not get waxy, overripe or fall prematurely
•Tree characteristics Spur or semi spur, spreading.
•Fruit holds well at room temperature
•Taste testing has seen widespread positive acceptance

7. DISEASE
RESISTANCE
• We have not observed any
propensity to apple scab or
Powdery mildew.
• Alternaria observed on Gala .
Adjacent Julie, no evidence.
• Placed trees in an organic orchard
to test disease resistance
• Will Conduct own simple infection
tests
• Plant material has been certified
for known viruses.

8. CLIMATE COMPARISON
Mean minimum
Mean maximum
Highest temp
Highest temp
Mean maximum
Mean minimum
Ref :PICC RESEARCH FACT SHEET Dr Rebecca Darbyshire

9. CLIMATE COMPARISONTEST SITES

10. FRUIT AT BILPIN

11. FRUIT AT
SHEPPARTON

12. FRUIT AT LENSWOOD

13. FRUIT AT HUONVILLE

14. PBR TRIAL TREES

15. Tangara Nursery webpage
For further information : Contact Bill Shields or Tangara Nursery
Bill ,Julie & Jono Shields
2270 Bells Line of Rd
Bilpin. NSW 2758 Australia.
Ph 024567120 Mb 0427772431
Phone+61362664364
wshields2@bigpond.com
Julie apple pictures