Focus of Working

Aim: Serious and competent testing of new apple and pear varieties and rootstocks using a proven, unified descriptor list across a wide range of climates, based on a fair and balanced experimental contract.

Main goals: Exchange of information and experience regarding new apple and pear varieties and rootstocks.

Initial work: Development of a proven descriptor list for apple and pear varieties.

Recent work: Establishment of common rootstock trials and a standardized experimental contract for variety testing purposes.

Activities

2026
Meeting: Sint Truiden (Belgium), March 19th - 20th hosted by pcfruit

2024
Meeting: Graz (Austria), March 14th - 15th hosted by Haidegg

2022
Meeting: Randwijk (The Netherlands), June 9th - 10th hosted by WUR

2021
Virtual meeting

2019
Meeting: Bucharest (Romania), March 14th - 16th hosted by USAMV

2017
Meeting: Balandran (France), March 2nd and 3rd hosted by Ctifl

2015
Meeting: Vilnius (Lithuania), March 20th and 21st

2013
Meeting: Lerida (Spain), February 19th – 21st
Outputs: Standard Testing Agreement English – French and English – German (English version remains only legal version)

2011
Meeting: Manta (Italy), March 10th-11th hosted by Agrion
First common meeting with breeders/licence holders/variety managers

2009
Meeting: Skiernewice (Poland), March 3rd hosted by InHort

2007
Meeting: Balandran (France), March 8th-9th hosted by Ctifl

2005
Meeting: Laimburg (Italy), March 3rd-4th hosted by Laimburg Research Centre

2003
Meeting: Bologna (Italy), June 11th-14th hosted by University of Bologna
Common meeting with other EUFRIN working groups

2002
Meeting: Weinsberg (Germany), January 31st-February 1st hosted by LVWO

2001
Meeting Wädenswil (Switzerland) hosted by Agroscope

1999
Meeting: Paris (France)

1996
Meeting Aarslev (Denmark)