Apple tree named ‘Rebella’

#Botanical classification: Malus domestica.

#Varietal denomination: ‘Rebella’.

#The present invention comprises a new and distinct cultivar of apple tree botanically classified as Malus domestica and known by the varietal name ‘Rebella’. The new variety was discovered in 1986 in Dresden-Pillnitz. The new variety is the result of a planned breeding program between unpatented female parent ‘Golden Delicious’ and unpatented male parent ‘Remo’ (‘James Grieve’×resistant clone). The purpose of the breeding program was to find a new cultivar with high disease resistance, high yield, and excellent fruit quality. The new variety exhibits similar disease resistance to ‘Remo’, but exhibits a different growing habit, taste, color, and ripening time than ‘Remo’. The new variety exhibits a similar growing habit to ‘Golden Delicious’, but exhibits different disease resistance, taste, color, and ripening time than ‘Golden Delicious’. Table 1 illustrates the differences between ‘Rebella’ and ‘Golden Delicious’.

#The accompanying photographic drawings illustrate the new cultivar, with the color being as nearly true as is possible with color illustrations of this type:

#FIG. 1 shows the fruits of the new variety at maturity;

#FIG. 2 shows a close-up view of the fruits of the new variety at maturity;

#The following detailed description sets forth the characteristics of the new cultivar. The data which defines these characteristics were collected by asexual reproductions by grafting and budding first carried out in Dresden-Pillnitz in 1995. The new variety was grown in a 1.0 m by 3.5 m planting system field with typical fertilizer and no irrigation. The new variety was propagated and grown on M9 rootstock. The color readings were taken in natural daylight. Color references are primarily to The R.H.S. Colour Chart of The Royal Horticultural Society of London.

#Age: 6 years.

#Size: 2.8 m high; 2.0 m wide.